Love Poem: I Met a Soldier In a Bar
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Written by: Raymond Wright

I Met a Soldier In a Bar

Turning, 
at the last second.
I catch the briefest flicker of your smile through the crowd.
Like lighting - on this cloudy and 
wind-swept afternoon - it thrills me
to my soul.

I wonder. I wander through my lust. I picture your body, 
naked and pure. I long to touch it, to taste it, 
to find pleasure in it’s perfection.  To find reprieve 
in your arms. A dangerous and delicious endeavor.

Swiftly, I pull myself from this longing. 
You are moving toward me. A generous 
glittering in your eyes making my hope a
true and tangible thing. A wink, a nod 
and I know that you are mine. 
I move toward the door and you are at my side.

© 2007 Raymond J Wright