~Mebh and Asarlaí~

I feel the bones of your ancestors

in the black ink of your pen

each letter carrying the

joys and burdens

a collective conscience

of embedded memories

I smell the rich green fields

on your skin as it presses

closely against my own

scented with wildflowers

where my gypsy self dances

awaiting your touch

I taste the rain in the wind

as I drink this elixir from your lips

You came out of no where

and now my dreams

are scented in clover

textured in shades of emerald

I sense a lucky charm about you

in the spark of your eyes

the curve of your smile

Desire personified

but perhaps you are an Asarlaí

who cast a spell on me

You are wickedly alluring

and you know it

Comments: 27

Pam Brittain Jun 24, 2012, 5:11pm UTC

I really enjoyed this one.

JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ Jun 24, 2012, 5:46pm UTC

Thank you, Pam.

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Kathryn Flynn Jun 24, 2012, 5:46pm UTC

Now, THIS is good!

JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ Jun 24, 2012, 5:47pm UTC

Oh, so this you like? :)

Thank you, dear friend.

Kathryn Flynn Jun 27, 2012, 3:33am UTC

Yes, I do, very much.

Kathryn Flynn Jun 27, 2012, 3:35am UTC

I'm also extremely busy and stressed these days -- more than I've ever been. Editing legal articles a few hours a day at my job, which takes forever. My MS, which also takes forever - an hour or two a day -- my daughter is teaching me InDesign and Photoshop for job applications I have to finish soon -- my brain is usually run over by a truck by mid morning.

JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ Jun 27, 2012, 7:05am UTC

No wonder!!

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Len Maxwell Jun 24, 2012, 5:48pm UTC

Very nicely done. I particularly enjoyed that "desire personified."

Thanks for sharing with Gather’s Luminous Writers & Artists.

JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ Jun 24, 2012, 5:50pm UTC

Thank you, very much, Len.

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elizabeth evans Jun 24, 2012, 10:34pm UTC

I see Ireland was on your mind. That first stanza is beautiful.

â€¨Thanks for sharing in Triple Name Club.

JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ Jun 24, 2012, 10:44pm UTC

Always wanted to go there, bob. I imagine it's a place of romance and beauty...and mystery. Hence a poem was born. :)

elizabeth evans Jun 25, 2012, 5:44am UTC

The Irish have a rich mythology. When we were in Sligo with Zach in 2001, we had to climb to the summit of Knocknarea where a huge stone cairn marks her grave according to legend.

JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ Jun 25, 2012, 12:34pm UTC

How wonderful!

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Diane Huizenga Jun 25, 2012, 12:15am UTC

I taste the rain in the wind, love that line, beautiful poem.

Thanks for sharing with Surreal Circus

JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ Jun 25, 2012, 11:41am UTC

Thanks, Diane!

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JOHN BECK Jun 25, 2012, 6:34am UTC

Erin go bragh. Love those last lines!

JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ Jun 25, 2012, 11:42am UTC

Or brahless. Ha!

Thanks, John

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Connie C. Jun 25, 2012, 6:49am UTC

I love this and the photo is perfect!

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