Blue Bonnet

As much as I would like to type out my name
and affix it between your shoulder blades
you can't own another,
nor claim 

nor carry off

you can not steal their right to choose
else-where, else-what, else-whom
with delusions of grandeur
so, I have none of these...

though I have sat at this table wanting
for nothing.

nothing but your words to embrace me,
cutlery, shadow smile, masonry.

I went to see you,
your little face a butcher's knife
with which to carve out the soul of me
when you do, that...you know what you did..

 today's afternoon

it is the only thing that will mend my dress stitched soul,
to leave me wandering dazed 

among the wildflowers 

with happiness.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

You made the words danced to perfect ending.
"nothing but your words to embrace me,
cutlery, shadow smile, masonry."
I loved the complete poem. The above lines could stand alone. Thank you dear Corset for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I cannot figure if this is simply someone loving nature or using the metaphor to describe love for another as the 'small' face' could be a flower or a child but rarely a man. Love the line 'your little face a butcher's knife
with which to carve out the soul of me'. In any case it reads well and captures the imagination in a feeling of someone's happiness and attraction.

[Corset]

Thank you John for your comments, yes it could be all those things, or maybe a reflection of someone's face among the flowers, its open

[jacob erin-cilberto]

love the metaphors in this...and yes, we can try to tattoo another's heart with ownership, but that just doesn't work...the heart's skin rejects that....it needs to love freely.
we can only hope that when we meet that special someone, that person will want to get matching tattoos...
i love this poem...especially the "else" line...clever wordage...also love that word "affix" i always smile when i see that on an envelope...please "affix" stamp---and i think..why? is it abroken?
j.

[Corset]

Lol, thank you for that giggle J, I loved these comments