Tender Orchid

Embroidered rosaries with messages in each pearl, the murmur of chords make my lips curl.

There’s a frenzy in each twist and turn, I open my eyes and behold : My Greek god in true form.

A gondola swings in fours, tastefully sweet with sweat of gold.

I hear the wind as it blows to a sequined skirt that slips tight on my waist.

A petite untied orchid, she blossomed with no fear — In majestic arrears, rain drops scintillating

Hues of seagrass blues. Dreaming in the pacific, praying into the Ether.

I have wings that spread wide and surround, cerulean blue in jaded emeralds.

O, please my Greek god, come close and remind me to sleep.

His shears tint and sharp like a stab to the core. Smearing sunnies and tennis in netted courts,

I swing and I miss : Tenderloins in my bones.

My God, he welcomes me with open arms : Kiss me.

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