Small steps in crossing placid flows
where koi beneath kiss lilly leaves
end summer breeze blows soft and warm
Whilst fingers twine and reach for mine.
The ghosts surround the cherry bloom
full lips invite to set the scene
their blushing petals in your gaze
diminished hues beneath the haze.
A pause in time, a second still
where all around the city works
upon that bridge, where we were us
a secret shared in quiet lust.
Musings and Smatterings 
love all the touches of nature you use to build this…the koi kisses…blushing petals…and the secrets shared…smiles…
“where koi beneath kiss lilly leaves” that line does it for me. Builds to an excellent private moment with well done detail. Really like how wind, lips, and air combine the final stanza to create the shared secret. The “still” following the pause is also a nice touch. Sharp poetry.
hmmm..delicious write shan…where koi beneath kiss lilly leaves…love this
oh – and see just now the other picked the same line…didn’t read their comments before to not be influenced – but it IS a great line..truly
You captured something about that photo — the bridge is almost idealized, the ideal of something that couldn’t quite exist — just like that “secret sharedin quiet lust.”
I just love the romance of this place beyond time – beautiful rhymes and cadences have turned this into a love song. Lovely work.
Indeed a secret shared in quiet lust. Lovely!
Perfect. Rhyme, meter, viion, presentation. You captured the emotion of the moment perfectly.
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“upon that bridge, where we were us
a secret shared in quiet lust.”
the planks of that bridge must smile.. this is quite simply a beautiful poem.
Pleasure reading…
Loved the imagery you have created for my mind with your brush and palette painting upon you canvas…exquisite Shan! Roger ☺
Fantastic, loved the line blushing petals, could feel this sentiment in the entire poem.
Oh that is so erotically charged. Love it x
Wonderful imagery created by your words… love the blushing petals and ‘where koi beneath kiss lilly leaves’… beautiful.
“a secret shared in quiet lust.”
i love every line of this, Shân! ♥
sounds like a place in Japan? was this in Japan? were you there?