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physiognomy

a new inspiration breathes an old breath
and I am so speechless when confronted with your beauty
that all I yearn for is your portrait on my solitude.

I would sew my eyes shut
for they do not need another
stitch my lips together
for they have already tasted eternity.

I could paint with the color of your eyes
and sleep on the shape of your lips
I would marry your image and drown in your mind.
— Proprietress of Crimson Hearts, Dec 13, 2008

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yenti

yenti

17 years 5 months ago

Faces

A beautiful piece giving a portrat of your vision, hold that to your heart, but try not to seek perfection it hurts. If you close your eyes do you see the same, I hope you do. Great to read, Yours, Ian.T
Proprietress of Crimson Hearts

Proprietress o…

17 years 5 months ago

perfection

I think that there is no such thing as true perfection. and that is a wonderful thing because then everything becomes perfect, in a sense. I'm glad you enjoyed the poem, Ian. and thank you for your comment.
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Ink Dragon

17 years 5 months ago

My muse

I love this piece of yours, and you know how much I appreciate the person you are describing here. Give him my regards, Ink
themoonman

themoonman

17 years 5 months ago

Proprietress...

Well now... that is love there... and placed on the page very well... love this write... Richard
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barbsdad2003

17 years 5 months ago

Somehow ...

I want more. And I'm not saying by that that your piece is lacking. It's me who's lacking. An adroit use of verbs. Words of color, of action. Yes, even words/terms simple, straight, bold. I could paint with the color of your eyes and sleep on the shape of your lips Wow! ... and drown in your mind More wow! Who would seek (or even want) perfection(?) when intimately so near to someone with such body ... and so cake-frostinged by a singular mind? Thanx, Chuck
Proprietress of Crimson Hearts

Proprietress o…

17 years 5 months ago

thank you, chuck

I feel flattered by your comment. "cake-frostinged"... what a wonderful expression! written like a true poet.
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Stella

17 years 5 months ago

Hello my Proprietress! I’m

Hello my Proprietress! I'm so glad that in your, very short I hope, absence I've been going through your posts because for some weird reason I missed this little beauty!!! A flawless picture of spellbinding love... Every line drips with beauty. Sounds like you're verrrrry much in love with him which is the best feeling to have! : ) Hope to have you back soon! ~Stella
Proprietress of Crimson Hearts

Proprietress o…

17 years 5 months ago

dear Stella, as always

I thank you for your words. I'm back and now I'm off to see what you have been up to for the last days. I know I won't be disappointed, my talented poet friend!
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R.M.Shanmugam

17 years 5 months ago

I would sew my eyes shut for

I would sew my eyes shut for they do not need another stitch my lips together for they have already tasted eternity. No proof can be better than these lines for one's fidelity. so passionate that one could envy your boyfriend.
JO

Joyelle Osburn

17 years 1 month ago

“and sleep on the shape of

"and sleep on the shape of your lips" there is a poem, I wrote, where one line is "make a bed beneath your lips"...and I posted it this morning. this piece reminds me of myself in so many ways. :)
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 7 months ago

that all I yearn for is your portrait on my solitude.

How would one otherwise be able to pronounce this vision of such potent portrayal than in poetry, we have at our fingertips the power to create visions no artist, or possibly no artist could do as well, we have a world of fantasy and imagination and you use it well dear Kata. I have commented before on this but then each time we come to the poetry we see and feel other things and this time it was so. I too love the "and sleep on the shape of your lips" and I defy anyone to be able to paint that exact FEELING and convey the same, perhaps photography but that would be cheating. Love again to you dear kata from Ann of Norway.
Proprietress of Crimson Hearts

Proprietress o…

16 years 7 months ago

my dearest Ann,

a second read, a second comment you spoil me rotten, my Snow Queen! I thank you for always understanding my words. love to you, Kata