Ten

Ten

her allure

caused a leer

shadow boxing eyes

swooped to the center of her ring

she casually threw a glance to the gut

he stumbled

her lips bled "I love you"

in silent count

and he went down for it.

erin-cilberto

6/24/2021

Reviews

[lightsong]

that's when a woman in her powers :) she will make her man captive in her spell and the count down is at her command :) smart and playful one.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

so true, lightsong,
thank you for your words,
j.

[Chris Shaw]

Kept thinking of the boxing ring here. My Dad and brothers were very fond of watching the big fights. The count to ten and it's a knock out. Perhaps in this case, there was no violence, but there was a knock out. Sounds like this bloke suffered for love. He went down for it. I read this poem in two ways, but this is the one I went with.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, spot on, Ms, Chris....

oh and I stopped caring about Boxing after Muhammed Ali retired...I loved watching his fights...his poetic, "floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee, because George Foreman can't hit what he can't see" :))))

[Chris Shaw]

I watched his fights too J. We all used to get up in the middle of the night to view on TV. Ali was quite something. Wonderful man, so entertaining. Boxing isn't the same these days. Never watch it.