Smu865
2015 September Winner
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-Love Song-

Prestissimo

I fell fast-
Like I was sucked
From a plane
At 20,000 feet and
Blown breathless
Into a clear blue sky-

Swimming
Down
Down
Down.

Con Fuoco

The grinning wind
kissed my cheeks-
Blew in my ear,
And played me like a Pan pipe;
Ripping at my clothes
In a frenzied free fall-
My heart was a snare drum at
200 beats per minute-
Gasping for breath
Riding hard
The line separating

Life
-------
From
-------
Death

Adagio

You caught me
Softly-
Like a single
Snowflake,
Melting on your warm
Tongue.

Dolce

When you touched me
I shivered-
My spine
a wind chime,
Vibrating and dancing to
a thousand joyful tones.
Your warm breath on my neck
Keeps time
with the steady
Rise, and
                Fall
                       Of your
                                   breasts.

Larghissimo

My morning star-
I hear my blood
Crescendo
Then hum...
Like it's echoing
In a giant
Seashell.

...

Sostenuto

Slowly we walk-
Vulcan and Venus
Hot sand burning
Our feet-
But still,
Slowly we walk
To the seashore,
Standing to be judged.
My knees weak
But not from the waves
That break against them.
My love is magma-
Hidden from even the ocean's
Sweeping reach.
My anvil rings out
A shrill protest
As I craft thrones
I'll never sit in.

But I have no use
for ugly jealousy
My love is eternal
Silence...

Smorzando

The pregnant pause
Between the last great
Inhale...
And the release
that never comes.

Morendo

It sounds like
-nothing-
But means
everything.