Essence of Your Scent

Quatrain Verses

Essence of Your Scent

You held me when I needed it most;

your embrace gently soothed my heart,

making me forget all sorrows,

while basking in the essence of your scent.

Your deep blue ocean eyes 

made it easier for me to swim and rise... 

you held my hand, protecting me 

from the cruel world's ravaging waves.

In the essence of your scent I felt free,

like flying birds, chirping away;

with not a worry on their feathery wings...

my eyes close, there's only you; all the rest, a blur!

Author's Note

This came out of nowhere. Just trying to write something different :)

Reviews

[Mr.Writer]

I feel it! I feel it! The words are flowing gently in my soul and heart... Wait for it... wait for it! BOOM! Now, I can write my review :)
Beautiful... engaging... powerful! It shows how much your loved ones do and can do for you! This poem shows that one person can make such a difference in your life! You portrayed the message very well in this poem! Keep it up! :)

[Dr. YumnaKay]

True. and I cherish all my loved ones :)
Thank you for this wonderful review. I'm glad you liked it :)

[Mr.Writer]

No problem!

[Nigel Newman]

I like this! I like the way the title comes into the poem but not till the 4th line, and then re-emerges at the start of V3 - very nice continuity and flow. All the rest, a blur! Nice way of showing the focus on the 'you'.

Nice job!

[Dr. YumnaKay]

Thank you for your kind comments, Nigel. Really means a lot to me 😊

[Coyote Poetry]

Gentle and beautiful journey in your words dear friend.
"Your deep blue ocean eyes
made it easier for me to swim and rise...
you held my hand, protecting me
from the cruel world's ravaging waves."
The ravaging sea. A beautiful place to know. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Dr. YumnaKay]

Thank you! Truly appreciate your liking my words 😊😊

[Coyote Poetry]

I love your work and you are welcome dear friend.

[yuhee]

Sigh.. I could feel so much love here. Don't tell me it came out of nowhere when it doesn't look like that. The words you wove were beautiful. I so love it. Sweet.

[Dr. YumnaKay]

Ahh out of nowhere meant I didn't intend to write in this way. I was trying to write a freestyle poem but when I was done this came out :p

I'm so glad you liked it. Truly appreciate your words MP :)

[Richard🖌]

Sighhh!
This definitely did not come "out of nowhere", Yumna!
It danced, flowed, and twirled out from the wondrous beauty of your creative spirit, your imaginative ocean of feelings, thoughts, dreams, and emotions brightly alive and breathing within your heart and core.
Such enthrallment does not appear from nowhere, nor does it disappear once it has emerged; it remains within the minds and hearts of your readers … of mine.
Thank you, Yumna, for sharing this brilliantly composed and presented original work of sheer poetic bliss! ⁓ Richard : )

(your line-breaks, imagery, emotional timbre, and phenomenal syntax are perfection to be studied and passed-on by many … what a sweet, apt picture, too)

[Dr. YumnaKay]

Ahh, 'out of nowhere' meant I hadn't intended to write this in the first place. In actual, I was trying to write a freestyle but this came out...
Thank you so much, Richard, in all your appreciations of my works! It really means a lot to me.. 😊 I like the picture too ☺

[Richard🖌]

Very nice mistake … LOL!

[wordman]

a beautiful image of two people sharing emotions

[Dr. YumnaKay]

Thank you for your thoughts here. I appreciate it 😊

[wordman]

my pleasure

[Ken Simm.]

Now there above is romance. Pure, unadulterated, soft and lace fine. Everything it should be.
It would be a sin to talk about structure and composition in a review of such quality. So I won't.

[Dr. YumnaKay]

Thank you, Ken! You're always kind in all your reviews of my work. I'm glad you liked it 😊😊

[emmajoy]

You've written something beautifully different, YumnaKay, because your own and very personal emotions have laid themselves open for the world to see. Poets are sensitive folk, they either hide their own sensitivities because they need be kept hidden as treasure often is or.. Or, there's no hiding the power that rips from the heart's floodgates. Which or whatever is the most thrilling of all thrills. Perhaps? Maybe!

[Dr. YumnaKay]

I'm smiling here on your words, Emma, because this piece was different in the sense that it's fictional and not my emotions portrayed here ;)
So,it's based on imagination and fantasies (wink), but I'm glad you liked. I appreciate your thoughts as always :)

[emmajoy]

Like everyone else, I can't guess why or what, how or whatever. Writers are born to portray rather than state.. and you've done that with great flair, YumanKay. (Read somewhere recently that writers can be one of two types of people: liars, idealists or - it depends on what the reader is!!! Made me laugh when I first read it but thinking about it since.. .. .. !)

[Dr. YumnaKay]

Liars is fine by me ;) It's more the capability of the reader's perceiving ability in my opinion :)

[emmajoy]

Please note that I was reading a somewhat cynical or perhaps, freely expressed, thought by someone else, not by me!

[Dr. YumnaKay]

hahah yeah I know ;) Still like it :) thank you for making me smile, Emma :)

[emmajoy]

Go read Corset, have just reviewed a poem which has me laughing so much I ache

[emmajoy]

Give us a hug
A Poem by Corset

[Dr. YumnaKay]

Lol it's funny for sure :p Even young people are called all that ;)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

to be with another and yet feel free...that is beautiful...relationships should not confine us...they should comfort us, support us...and let us get lost in them, on our own...no push...flows nicely...

j.

[Dr. YumnaKay]

Thank you for your thoughts here, Jacob. I totally agree. I'm glad you liked it 😊

[Stacy Purvis]

Amazing....words that embrace. It's as if they reach out and grab you themselves. Thank you for sharing.

[Dr. YumnaKay]

Thank you so much for the kind words. Truly appreciate it. 😊

[Long Whispers]

Well penned and beautiful!

[Dr. YumnaKay]

Thank you! I appreciate your words 😊