Her Orchard

For the One who needs his heart weaved back together every now and then

In trance-like wanderings
He tenderly retraces
Familiar footsteps
Upon well worn paths that lead him here
Day after day
Year after year
Her orchard
His heaven
He always stops to watch her
In her natural state
Unaware of him
As this is when she is most beautiful
Most natural
Quietly he reveals his arrival
As she pulls him into her
In warm and welcome greeting

As he lay
His tired body
On Velvet grass
His gentle face
In comfort of her
Flowing skirts
His undeniable masculinity
Somehow set aside
Caught in her aura

Once Upon a time
He had found his muse
Looking closely
At each and every tree
Every bud and every flower
Captivated by how she
gently coaxed every blossom
As well as his very soul to
Bend to her voice
Each and every branch
Bring forth magnificent fruit
That will grace her table
Upon harvest moon

He remembers how her youthful hands
Had planted these trees
Groomed and pruned
Watered and weeded
Until each and every one
Became
Fruitful and glorious
He remembers
Watching her carefully
Tending to each blossom
Grooming his very soul

As they lie together
Only the earthy scents
and moonlight know them
Shrouded by the leaves
Of the life giving trees
On handmade quilts
She reads him poetry
Her tender whispering
captivating him even still
Sonnets of adoration
He falls deeper
Into her hypnotic voice
While he sleeps
She tenderly weaves
The broken places of his heart
Back together

Reviews

[Robin]

poetry from the panoramic heart

loved these lines -

"His undeniable masculinity
Somehow set aside
Caught in her aura"

a special piece of writing M'lady

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

simply a stunning pleasure to wrap around one's heart like celestial balm~