Sing It

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love! - Thoreau

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love so prized

souls synchronized

eternity devised

i want to kiss you

exchanging tongues of morning and salivant of dew

every which way

because there is no tomorrow today

you and i don't hear the music

we are the music

i want this revelation to linger

wrapped around your finger

me the microphone

you the singer

Author's Note

"Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Aura]

This is beautifully written! I love the analogy you use: a couple comapred with music, like a singer and microphone, the couple were meant to be, their love is pure perfection just like the instruments, singers and microphone that creates such enchanting music

[Pete]

when it's right, it's right. thank you ... :)

[Aura]

You are welcome!

[Fran Marie]

Echoing love's refrains
a well crafted poem poem
whispering a musical
romanticism in vivid
descriptives in toned. of
a love song..nicely conveyed

Well done.Pete

[Pete]

thank you fran. may we all know its sweet melody. merry christmas precious poet and friend ... :)

[Fran Marie]

you're s o welcome
and Merry Christmas
dear poet🌹

[Robert Haigh]

Some pleasing metaphors in this hot, romantic piece. Music and poetry often go hand in hand. I am a musician, as are many other poetry writers. Music and poetry: two branches of the arts that often overlap! A fine poem!

[Pete]

thanks for sharing robert! indeed, music and poetry are both soul-touching. speaking a universal language, hand in hand they overlap... :)

[Kelly Scheppers]

Music is essential to my every day. It fills my soul like it fills the dimension of a room...the louder, sometimes the better. I really love this side of you, Pete. And your musical accompaniment of Stevie - words fail me!

[Pete]

thanks kell. for me too, ever since i would sneak into my older brother's room and listen to his 8-track tapes and vinyl. ended up saving my paper route money and buying a stereo with headphones. was curious what that rock stuff was all about. i guess you could say i'm a music junkie - can't live without it. it permeates my being like nothing else. yes, the louder the better. there is almost always a song playing in me. music brings people together as a universal language. saw stevie at lowell memorial auditorium (2,800 seats and we were just a few rows back) shortly before his untimely death. he blew the doors off the place (almost literally). the place was shaking and my ears rang for a few days afterwards. he was a really nice guy too - came out after the show and greeted people in front of the stage. i spoke with him briefly. i remember him taking off his cowboy hat and seeing him balding underneath ... :)

[Kelly Scheppers]

I was working at a record store when he died, and remember with absolute clarity the impact it had on sales. Someone like that, you just never think of them dying, you know? What a loss to the music industry it was, and how lucky you were to see him!

[Temperance]

So much love and lust in this fine piece of work! Sometimes there is much fun in that "bungling", don't you think? Very nicely done. Temp

[Pete]

yes, absolutely lol. that bungling is part of the good "stuff" of relationships else what would lovers talk about? thanks so much temp. ... :)

[Temperance]

You are very welcome!

[Yellow Butterfly]

This is beautiful Pete...

YB

[Pete]

so kind of you to say. thanks yb. keep fluttering ... :)

[Yellow Butterfly]

You're welcome Pete ..... :)

[Chris Shaw]

Wonderfully expressed Pete.
'we are the music'
When you feel like that nothing else in the world matters. Liked this very much.

Chris

[Pete]

so right you are. when it's right nothing else matters ... :)

[Einstein Noodle]

and bungle we do ... no doubt about that! ohhhhh what romance you have ignited in me nog, Pete! the random rhyming adds much to the way this poem sings for me ... as always fine Thoreau quotes and what's not to like about Stevie Ray!! V1 rips it Pete!
E.

[Pete]

love speaks for itself i guess. thanks e. keep that nog burning ... :)

[Einstein Noodle]

you always have some great stuff, Pete .. right here on the streets of the Cafe'

[Ken Simm.]

Wisdom in clear and gossamer lines. Full instructions on love in whatever form it takes. A remarkable poem superbly structured.

[Pete]

love, the greatest thing in any form. you, as kind as a quiet day is long. thank you ken ... :)

[Gee]

Love it as does my wife who I have shared this with :) Kinda sums up our 31 year relationship.
Top writing Pete

[Pete]

wow. thanks so much and congrats on 31 years ... :)