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stroking dreams of fire

as your fingers
brush my skin
petals of memory

are pushed apart,
I am left a sigh
drenched in want

I cross my legs
not knowing,
their angles would
draw your attention
your eyes lined
the curve of degree,
I almost knew
when your mouth
smiled hello,

the pull of your tongue
wrapped my need
In smoked pearls,
and legs of oak
turned to butter,
spent they melted
to knell supplication

your eyes begged sleep
but a desire still whispered
with a listing tongue of fire

I stroked the line
between dreams and
your sleeping face,
I stirred the coals
in your Dreamtime
to ignite

as my fingers brush
you ablaze,
my lips rub
the velvet embers

I smile as you arise
and then I fire,
at your first touch

I am floating as ash
in our wake

— Seren, Apr 02, 2010

About This Poem

About the Author

Region, Country: Beyond the Black Stump..Australia, AUS

Favorite Poets: Pablo Neruda, P.K.Page, W.H.Auden, to many and various to include them all ...

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Seren

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

I am left a sigh … after

I am left a sigh ... after the memory petal has opened and a sigh (being left with) passes my lips ... I am then drenched in want ... see where I was going with those lines ?? big smile thanks for the read glad you liked this one the last ones nuclear fusion sort of lmao love and hugs Jayne x x x
Candlewitch

Candlewitch

16 years 2 months ago

Dear Jayne

Would you believe I am working on a poem of the same subject? Yours puts mine to shame... oh well, back to the drawing/writing board, LOL! can't pick favorites as they are all so very great! Love, Cat
Seren

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

Dear Cat

I would love to read yours as well ... dont scrap it nothing wrong with similar takes on a subject, and nothing like a bit of heat to cure the blues ;) thanks for the comment glad you liked this one made my night love and big hugs Jayne-Chloe x x x
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 2 months ago

Transported

Ann of Norway "I am floating as ash in our wake" This was a quick meeting somehow as one feels you didn't get to know each other much before taking the plunge. Unless it was as a dream. Anything goes then. The Spring breeze lifts the roofer's shirt slightly, revealing his behind.............................Issa (of course!!) A poem about desire that ends so beautifully. Lovely that Jayne. Wishes to all your wishes coming true dear Jayne always Ann.
Seren

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

Not exactly a quick meeting

Not exactly a quick meeting a flash of desire I guess you could call it lol so glad you liked my ending Ann will email you in the morning I have had a hectic day/night its 4.30am I am going to bed lol night love Jayne-Chloe x x x
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mantiscepter

16 years 2 months ago

licentious

Made me want to close my eyes and feel your passions burn within. Wow... almost stroked the line, between a good morning and a great morning. lovely erotic read. oozed, with sensuality nice story. simply awesome. have a good nights sleep. Love John.
Seren

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

Dear John

hahaha big smiles thanks for the comment glad my words could take you away lol and good night to you dear man I am off to bed lol love and hugs Jayne-Chloe x x x
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 2 months ago

Not before your mum tucks

Not before your mum tucks you in, kisses you on your cheek and says boy are you a spitting image! Lol. Love, Mummy "Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." ~ A Course In Miracles
Seren

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

Ello mummy ….spitting

Ello mummy .... spitting image smiles back at you, had a lovely sleep last night lol love you big hugs JayCee x x x x x
Seren

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

Dear Eph

there was way too many frowns around so I dialed up sex making smiles abound lol hahaha glad you liked it the next one is steaming ;) love JayCee
seabhac

seabhac

16 years 2 months ago

Part two????

Can he stay the pace to the third poem???? Seabhac
Seren

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

Dear Liz

this ones number two and the next one is probably the most I have ever revealed lmao so to speak you all have to wait till the next post lol if he cant stay the pace I will wake him up again lmao hahahaha smiles :P love JayCee
Seren

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

Hmmmm Ephy i was having

Hmmmm Ephy i was having trouble with a name for my new poem you might just have inspired one ... thank you so much :0 smiles lol love JayCee
Seren

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

Dear Licia

LMAO no warning would be preparing your mind and I like the element of shock i dont always write these sorts of poems I think a little of a good things sometimes better than overdoing it ;) .. well the next poem is worse than this one so dont say you werent forwarned haha smiles thanks for your comment made me smile moons love JayCee x x
Seren

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

Quick to start but tenacious

Quick to start but tenacious to carry it on, I could say lmao no more comment or I am in trouble I am be having now smiles :) Love and hugs JayCee x x x
D

Draki

16 years 2 months ago

Absolutely beautiful. I

Absolutely beautiful. I especially like the 'skin petals', and 'smoked pearls', I smoke the pearls of inspiration myself :P I stirred the coals in your Dreamtime to ignite Love imagining that, and the word 'Dreamtime', is a poem in itself I think, well exploited. as my fingers brush you ablaze, my lips rub the velvet embers I smile as you arise and then I fire, at your first touch I am floating as ash in our wake I love the poignancy of this dying phoenix. Distinctly Aussie feel to the ending too, with 'Dreamtime, brush, blaze and fire', the outback, the desert, the heat. ~Draki
Seren

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

Dear Draki

This is the second of three the next one is not so veiled in its references ... and very different from most of my other writes lol thank you so much for your comment love and hugs JayCee x x x
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lyz

16 years 2 months ago

Blush, lol.

LMFAO at who left the first comment, Dark, lol. Dear woman, gotta love her and we love you to, dear Enchantress, those muses have been busy or was it Snake. Still, very sensual and written with lust, oops, love. XX Still a dirty girl, lol.
Seren

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

Dear Lyz

I teased her with the gasping of white light and told her there was more to come she was waiting on this one and I cannot wait to see her reaction to the next one lol its got the heat dialed up signifigantly lmfao love ya Annie the muse was busy with Snake ;) lmao love you big hugs JayCee
M

magics02

16 years 2 months ago

Very loving poem for your husband

Men now take it easy. JC you should write one solid book on passion in poetry, this fits you to a tee!! I could almost feel this one does as a song of yours, and how I would love to hear it in spoken form. Your a very passionate writer and thanks for taking me on a much better breeze then of late, very warming and lovely gal, Your book will be a success and please I will send you the money for a signed copy. Waiting...passionate poetry is Jayne Chloe, she got it and her husband got it too!! Blessings to you and the whole family in the days ahead. Salute to your son as he also takes his journey I shall pray for him. Tell him to be as safe as he can be. I do not know if he has left yet so only wishing him well. He got to know how much his mother truly loves him and I am sure you tucked a poem away in his bag or two, Love and Hugs to you Mona xoxoxox Learn to live, learn to forgive. Life is too short.
Seren

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

Dear Mona

Just so you know I dont have a husband lol I have an ex husband and a partner whos going to drag me to the alter but I am being persnickerty about it lmao people keep telling me i should write more of these but i dont want to overdo it ... I have a few sensual poems now so I could write a book of loving so to speak ... my book wont be ready for months yet Mona but when it is I will blog it and let everyone know blessings to you and yours for the easter holiday Mona Love JayCee
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Orphani

16 years 2 months ago

Dear Jayne forgive my lack

Dear Jayne forgive my lack of exposure to your poetry of late but I'm sure you understand why. Anna is a beautifully sensitive and sensual woman and we melt into each other with a passion that is deeply moving and sealed by our love. She is all woman,. and she makes me feel like a crazed yak-it's good because she needs a lot of yaking. As you know she is like you a strong woman who knows what she wants, and gets it or else(the couch). I am always deeply moved by your sensuous yet deeply sensitive poetry. Your delicate use of metaphor reveals this.I know snake realizes how lucky he is, and if he doesn't there's always the couch.
Seren

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

Dear B

Nothing to forgive I realised when my emails werent being answered that she was a very busy woman and who can blame her ;) love that you guys are doing sooo splendidly bigger smiles (hugs) you know how happy I am for you both ... but I have to say i am missing my mum, tell her she needs to come up for air ~!~! eventually lol... funny you should mention the couch no comment on that one hahahaha and he better realise how lucky he is or the couch will be the least of his bothers ;) lmao thanks you kindly for the comment was so good to see you Love to you both JC x x x
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stavroula

16 years 2 months ago

Seren, I loved your poem,

Seren, I loved your poem, very beautiful, rich vocabulary, and definitely very artistic. It is beautiful to read, the sound of the words alone coupled with your creative combinations of imagery was great. My favorite line was "when your mouth smiled hello". Great job! -Stavroula
Seren

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

Dear Stavroula

thanks for the comment so glad you liked it its the middle write of three will be round later seeing what you have been up to kind regards Jayne-Chloe