Love Poem: Rhythm, You

Rhythm, You

quiet repose ...

     slow rise-and-fall, hushed

         tenderly rocked, rocked, rocked

            my head on your breast, home again

              heart thrumming tympans, soft ...

               its secret mantra, should I e'er forget ...

              "you're mine ... you're mine ... you're mine"

            I, forsaken wreck upon your reef

         what wealth hath a man

     that be so sweetly ...

broken?





~ 3rd Place ~  in the "Strand Pick C, Any Theme, Any Form" Poetry Contest, Brian Strand, Judge & Sponsor.