Monday, August 21, 2006

"My Sleeping Love"

A still-dark morn, I awaken to an early dawn

for the sun to watch it rise -

I turn to see your sleeping form

and realize

as I always do when gazing at you,

that all I truly need to see

is adrift in the ocean of your loving eyes.

Without you, I have but

unfinished joys and the incompleted noise

of our laughter and delight,

or the sorrows when we fight.

But always, I remain at your pleasure

my dearest treasure,

these are days I share with you

the tenderness

a soft surprising kiss -

Like one sunrise into another,

I will follow you

and no other.

Come my love, awake and watch with me.

csr

NOTE:  Proud to say this way just chosen for publication by poetry.com in their latest edition "Immortal Verses".  May seem paltry to some, feels good to me! 

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

what a lovely poem luddie

TreesRGreen78

Anonymous said...

very thought provoking and loving. B. Lynne

Anonymous said...

This is very beautiful, Cath!  The feelings you express go way beyond the surface of a one night stand and delve deeply into your heart and soul. It was interesting to me that you wrote about this person as "sleeping"  - a place where we are most vulnerable, sweet, soft and almost precious.  There is definitely love between these two people - a connection that probably does not happen real often.  You have used words to generate real feelings and they reach out to me from your journal and take my hand.  I will be glad to "watch with you".  Thank you.
Gem

Anonymous said...

Absolutely Awesome

Anonymous said...

Beautiful, awesome, brilliant..i can't say enough!!

Great stuff,

Lv Stevie
xxxxx

Anonymous said...

great poem Kathy!
love,natalie