I Rise

original poetry - art - erotica

[sinbad2021]

[sesizzligindendarbe]

[rootlessly]

ocracoke, 18 may

[mylovaboxa]

I remember you saying you’re only here for me. Here I stand, offering. We are the same being held in silent understanding.

[oldpaintings]

The White Rose by René-Xavier Prinet (French, 1861–1946)

[mylovaboxa]

Shade.

[mylovaboxa]

Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego…

[mylovaboxa]

Santa Maria Novella - Firenze

[mylovaboxa]

My name

He is patient, charts a course

to possess my every thought

When I close my eyes at night

the buzzing sound of timbals

fills the dark and empty room

I wonder if I fill his chest

I feel his love as the sun rests

against bare skin: gentle at first

then deep enough to etch lines

never to fade, or erase in time

awash in a chorus of I love you

in repose beneath a July noon

[heymarta]

Giardino delle rose, Florence, Italy

[mylovaboxa]

One of the most memorable places in my life.

[yeesiine]

[vintage-tigre]

Virgil Finlay, Illustration from "The Ship of Ishtar" 1949

[pmamtraveller]

by John William Godward

[mylovaboxa]

I tried to capture the best

then, I stopped trying

and let it capture me

[mylovaboxa]

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Roberto Bompiani (Italian, 1821–1908) Two Pompeian Ladies, n.d.

[04k96]