my skin remembers

it's friday night!

graphic courtesy of pinterest

my skin remembers

the electrified intimacy

soft as velvet yet wielding an unrivaled intensity

yesterday was blurry

tomorrow was a naked page

and that day, well, that day was a flower blooming

a peach ripening to its juicy best

yes, my skin remembers

it’s true…. from this standpoint of long ago

and so very far away

                even behind my foster grants

the memory continues to electrify

 

Reviews

[The dark story]

Woah! If feelings are ravishing and passionate, words bring them out alive and prime, and as refreshing as they ever were.
"yesterday was blurry
tomorrow was a naked page"
"that day was a flower blooming
a peach ripening to its juicy best"
These lines are my favourite- so passionate and vibrant. Loved it. A lovely poem. It's a pleasure to read it Keep writing :)

[Lydia Shutter]

Thank you so much, Atiba. lydi**

[aLittlePain]

Very passionate and elegantly crafted. I particularly liked the notion of tomorrow being a 'naked page'.
Lovely hint of playful in your closing lines (I had to google 'foster grants')
Gorgeous poem Lydi. Regards Ray

[Lydia Shutter]

Smiling here...that's because you are so young, my friend! The ad campaign in the 60's and 70's had a star wearing huge sunglasses made by Foster Grant and it would say, "Is that Michael Jackson (or some other celeb)behind those Foster Grants?" Thanks for the review. Lydi**

[andrew mitchell]

lovely write lydia with I might add another one of yours, having your usual flair for finesse as there are no ragged or pointed edges in your smooth flowing writes. Yes how the skin remembers, lucky we are not snakes but seriously my take was a metaphor for first love or the first meet of your spouse having that electric romantic chemistry that everyone remembers.

[Lydia Shutter]

Thank you so much, Andrew Lydi**

[Bala Gorthi]

Beautifully electrifying poem.
The graphic as well as the write both are tickling and are taking me on my own memory trip. Kudos to your this write Lydia! You gave a special meaning to the graphic..
Thanks for sharing this .

[Lydia Shutter]

Glad you could find something to relate to in my words. Thanks so much for the review. Lydi**

[J.M. Wise]

Beautiful diction. Abstract flow but I really like it. Always pleased to read your work
JM

[Lydia Shutter]

Thank you, JM. Lydi**

[Ruth]

I love that feeling of tomorrow being a naked page, the promises to yet be lived and the yesterdays no more what they were, blissful Lydi, as only you could capture :)

[Lydia Shutter]

Thanks so much, Poppy. Lydi**

[Hebe]

.... Very elegant and passionate ....difficult to achieve, but you did it effortlessly!

[Lydia Shutter]

Thanks so much. Lydi**

[Ted Kniffen]

Who is it behind those Foster Grants why Lydi of course. What the skin remembers is all we need for a cool October night. Not all memories fade. The important ones return with the touch of wind on a cheek or a warm breath on the nape of the neck.Good write, Lydia.

[Lydia Shutter]

Thank you very much, Ted. Lydi**

[Einstein Noodle]

had to look up foster grants ... so are they near, far, reading or all three? ;) those closing lines are such a gentle prod to humor ..love it! and your poem is so tingling sensuous and sends me searching some, now dimmed, caverns of me own past ..but perhaps they are better left unlit :))) very fine poem ..worth reading more than once ..which i did ;) oooo-la-la
E.

[Lydia Shutter]

E, Foster Grants were popular sunglasses back in the 60's and 70's and the ad for them said, "Is that ___ behind those Foster Grants?" Glad you liked this one. Thanks for the review. Sorry it took me so long to thank you. We were out of town. Lydi**

[Einstein Noodle]

having fun i hope! :) ...............

[Lydia Shutter]

Absolutely....always.

[Lisa Lindsey]

From the perfect title to the flower blooming and the peach ripening to its juicy best. So potent it jumps off the page, and then, my own skin remembers too.

[Lydia Shutter]

Thanks so much, Lisa. Lydi**