FOLLOWER Friday: Intoxicated By Her There (Poem & YouTube by Daryl Allison)

Intoxicated By Her There

Written by Daryl Allison

There she was
She had always been there
Shadow behind the screen
Before I could see her there

Teeming at the seams

Titillating

Woman of my dreams
Soft skin
Dark eyes

Perfection, disguised

Urge grips
Was she a dream?

She was there

I didn’t care
There she stood

In low light

A highlight
Silhouette caressed
Backlit glow
Just right
Candle smoke swam through the night
Stilled the air
Eavesdropped
With ease stopped
Just behind the sight line there
A pretentious man feigned love there

Slight of hand

Betraying eyes

Fumbled lies, revealing stare

His affair
Once before
His woman
Twice ago
She'd care
Thrice wounded wing had fallen bare
A fainted feather
Adrift she blew
Alone together she’d float on through

Hollowed

Sunken

Torn she knew

She'd fall forever until someone new
Someone true to catch her there
Two lovebirds perched there
Tweeting their little nothings there
Nothing that the world would care

No truth

Nor dare

No need, nor care

Just there

A working girl lingered there
Selling love

Secretly

Wanting love

Sadly

Wishing love

Would find her there

But love finds no home for the lonely looking the other way
Love can have it that way
Love is funny that way
My love
She stood there
Not lonely

Alone

Not working
Not wandering
She knew to come home
There she stood
How I dreamed

…how I loved

…how I longed

For her to come home
She looked this way

I looked away

Played it cool
Played it smooth
Velvety smooth
The band played smooth

Ratta-tat-tat

Ba-dum-tiss-dum

All eyes up front for this one
Vacant bodies swayed the crowd as one

Married upon the rhythm

Carried away in rhythm

I closed my eyes with them
Let the music open me
Make of me what my eyes could not see
Cresting echoes, pulsing drum
Sultry voice the sax become
Haunted, soulful, spirit succumb
Fluttered among the flamingo strum
Applause after this one

I landed

Back from a dream
Back to this dream

This one

The one I called home
There she was
She looked this way

I could not look away

Dared not look astray

Her gaze locked my way
Desire of my dreams walked this way
Light steps
Slight smile
Floated there, a while
Heart skips
She walked that way

Timeless

Her style

She walked this way
Where I sat alone
Siren of my dreams returning home

Red hair

Red nails

Black dress, black heels

Red lips

She walked my way
Where I sat alone

Where my breath would not come home

There she was
No longer alone

Without a glance

Unaware

Pretending not to care
Teasing as she stood there

There she was

Denying my pleas to come home
Breathless

I waited

For that chance I had waited
I had wanted to wait for her
Now I waited

Wanting her

Begged her

Come home

There she was
The one

There she was

I played it smooth
With a side of couth
A shot of debonair
She looked this way
A coy smile to say
She approved
She walked my way

My eyes shied closed

Subtle scent of chocolate arose
She touched my lips

Pressed my lips

Opened my lips

Took my breath away

My breath was not home anyway

Her taste touched my tongue
She was smooth
Velvety smooth
I paused for a moment

Her taste

That moment

Velvety smooth
Intoxicated by her there
She was there

I was home

Eyes slid open

Alone

She wasn’t there

A dream?

I didn’t care
Intoxicated by her there
I was home

Copyright © 2011 Daryl Allison. All Rights ReservedSpecial Thanks:
Rebecca Siedschlag - Feedback, inspiration, keeping me pushing further
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