When Night Sky and Fiery Comets Collide

Posted on July 27, 2019 by

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“I like on the table, when we’re speaking,

the light of a bottle of intelligent wine.”- Pablo Neruda

I like for you to be still ~
when pale moonlight undulates
across your tranquil face,
while my lips trace the hot pulsing vein
dancing in glistening flesh
as I kiss your sun ripened skin

I like for you to be still ~
when delicate fingers strum, playing
the haunting strings of lovers entwined
clinging as the morning glory vine
to their fleeting beauty that shimmers
with morning dew then fades in gilded sunshine

I like for you to be still ~
when cobalt night sky and fiery comets collide
as our bodies explode into a swirling nebula
breathing colors into love and birthing dazzling stars
until we fall into blissful sleep as one and dream

©2021 Linda Lee Lyberg

Sanaa has given us a challenge to use the title from Pablo Neruda’s poem I Like for You to be Still as a frame of reference. Imaginary Garden with Real Toads: Like Starry blooms on a new firmament in July

Linda Lee Lyberg is a wife, mother, artist, published poet and author. She resides in Mesa, AZ with her husband Pete (aka The Big Viking) of 23 years, and her dog, Ricky Bobby. Linda writes various forms of poetry, as well as short stories. 
You can read more of her works at: charmedchaos.com
and her Amazon Author Page

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20 Comments on “When Night Sky and Fiery Comets Collide”

  5. My goodness this is good! ❤️ Especially love; “I like for you to be still ~ when cobalt night sky and fiery comets collide.” Thank you so much for writing to the prompt, Linda 😘😘😘

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  10. This has to be the most gorgeous thing you have ever written. Every line was perfect and dripping with vivid images. The imagery was stunning,

    Thank you for sharing this, So happy I didnt’t miss it..

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