Soft, You
your mind - it spins with guile and art
to plumb the depths of wit and heart
oh software ...
I read you with my hands to see
each page that I've turned tenderly
softcover ...
such feral beauty you can't hide
yet graceful, more, the soul inside
softhearted ...
your glowing sheath of velvet skin
the suit that nature birthed you in
my softshell ...
the sweetest you is joined with me
those moonlit hours I swim your sea
so softspoken.
~ 3rd Place ~ in the "Strand Number 760, Any Form, Any Theme" Poetry Contest, Briand Strand, Judge & Sponsor.
( This is a Compound Word Verse, which is a form created by Margaret R. Smith, consisting of five 3-line stanzas, the last line of each stanza ending in a compound word that shares a common stem word. The stem word must be used in the title, and it must a syllable count of 8,8,3, with a rhyme scheme of aab, ccd, eef, ggh, iij or ccj )
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