Sonnets
by Gideon
O. Burton
by Gideon O. Burton
One word slow ripens, opens on her lips
Twice stirred by kisses, silenced, pursed,
The current aches in her, she tastes she sips,
Demure to savor silence, let him first
Unwind her gaze, distill to language white
And fine as pearls or milk one drop one word
Resigns her will and still he waits and weights
The time with heavy hope, he moves toward
The, oh, so simple syllables, he breathes
To stow the courage, births the thought in flesh
"And so–" "Don't speak, I know," say eyes and seethes
And flows their minute, minds, and hands to mesh
Combine, contract, renew, awake, confess:
One word she urges, sudden, quiet: yes.
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Twice stirred by kisses, silenced, pursed,
The current aches in her, she tastes she sips,
Demure to savor silence, let him first
Unwind her gaze, distill to language white
And fine as pearls or milk one drop one word
Resigns her will and still he waits and weights
The time with heavy hope, he moves toward
The, oh, so simple syllables, he breathes
To stow the courage, births the thought in flesh
"And so–" "Don't speak, I know," say eyes and seethes
And flows their minute, minds, and hands to mesh
Combine, contract, renew, awake, confess:
One word she urges, sudden, quiet: yes.
Feel free to copy or distribute this poem as long as you give proper acknowledgement of authorship