Liege Lady

Love must be as much a light as it is a flame. - Thoreau

last night i dreamt of you

in a damp, misty fog

still wet from your shower

you rained into the bedroom

silently

like a stalking feline

in all your ruling prowess

marking the territory of your kingdom

stealthily

surreptitiously

deliciously

leaving your royal robe behind

surprising me with humid kisses

full, moist lips delineating my neck

a smooth, velvety osculation of ardor

a plea of passion

the touch of desire

hungry famished

ravenous

"i want you", you said

"i need you"

"now"

in that demanding, sovereign tone

"tonight i don't want to be alone"

maybe it wasn't a dream

maybe it was real

this trace i feel

this sizzling caress of glowing steel

i kneel

i kneel for you

i kneel for you my queen

in this supreme, realistic dream

this esurient scene

seen

or unseen

Author's Note

"I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision." - Thoreau

Reviews

[barleygirl]

This is sizzling & off-the-charts sensual, especially coming from you, since we don't see much like this from you! Love it! The best aspect --> not one word sounds trite or predictable, plus it's very authentic & relatable. I love how you teeter on the fence of whether this might've been a dream or if it really happened?!?!? Many of the best parts of life hover in uncertainty like that for me these days! *wink! wink!* Fondly, Margie

[Pete]

sometimes i think that many of us live in a fantasy world but i wonder if that is really so bad - better to be happy in a dream than miserable in reality i guess. i just write about the stuff i sometimes think about and wrestle with in this life ... :)

[barleygirl]

Keeping our heads in the sand has gotten a bad rap . . .

[Pete]

agreed ... :) people will always talk so the less of them around me, the less talk. strangers approach me at the park and love to gab - i get their entire life's story. oh well ... :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

sensual piece...seen or unseen we bow, we kneel to and for love.
j.

[Pete]

don't we though. we keep going back to it no matter the toll - what other choice is there? thanks j. ... :)

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

What a dream yOu had ,
They say dreams rarely come true but hey
I loved your poem

[Pete]

some even become nightmares lol.

“Dreams are the touchstones of our characters. We are scarcely less afflicted when we remember some unworthiness in our conduct in a dream, than if it had been actual, and the intensity of our grief, which is our atonement, measures inversely the degree by which this is separated from an actual unworthiness." - thoreau

thanks for the wake-up call ... :)

[lightsong]

"i kneel
i kneel for you
i kneel for you my queen
in this supreme, realistic dream
this esurient scene
seen

or unseen"

Ok, all your poem is something and THIS last verse is something ELSE! WOW totally amazing dear Pet, so nice to read your style in the passionate tune.

[Pete]

hmm. wow. thank you. gotta' mix things up occasionally. the subconscious finds its way out. dreams are intriguing or was it real ... :)

[SheIsMe]

Beautiful! The last stanza and line were the perfect ending! Very well done!

[Pete]

thanks ever so much!!! encouraging ... :)