The water

[LeftyFingerPop]

The water falls from the bathroom faucet
As mom sets your tiny body into the sink for a bath
Washing your impossibly soft and already clean skin
It is so warm, like you are
You are removed, cradled like a rare delicate gem
Dried and powdered completely and
Brought to your pristine bed
Placed naked on the sheets, the silky comfort
Giggly giggly goo
The white sheets raise and whoosh
And fall on your vulnerable body
As fifty years later
Your lover is in the shower
Water on the tiles like rain
You are naked again, under the sheets
Waiting for her
The endless wait
Until she arrives, naked and fragrant
Climbing next to you under the sheets
Smiles and hands
Your toes interlace, laughing wonder
Fingertips on fingertips
Blushing joy
You are a baby again

Please don't let this thread fall.

[elshiva]

1. Ok, what song is that?

[LeftyFingerPop]

3. I just wrote that Elshiva... in 30 seconds. n/t

[elshiva]

4. Really? Are you serious?

Nice, nice! :hug:

[LeftyFingerPop]

6. Yes and thank you! n/t

[avasmom]

23. very very good.

inspiration comes in quick spurts, doesn't it?!

good job.

[LeftyFingerPop]

24. Thank you so much....

and welcome to DU!!

I am proud of your daughter.

Proud of you too for raising such a good young woman. :hi: :thumbsup:

[avasmom]

26. i'd like to take all the credit

but she's just quite simply a wonderful human being... i try to teach my children empathy- not that hard, actually, to teach a child to have compassion for every living thing. too bad so many parents spend alot of time UNDOING a child's natural empathetic soul.

i'm so proud of her. i'm proud of all my children. she's a keeper. what am i gonna do when she leaves? i've got one more year... i'll be devastated... i cried for weeks when her brother left for college. this won't be any easier... maybe harder because she's my best friend!


btw- many years ago i fancied myself a poet- creative writing scholarship for my poetry submissions- now i don't write, but i have read more poetry than your average bear... and YOU, my friend, are a talent! have you been published?

-t-

[LeftyFingerPop]

27. Dear avasmom

You are a good soul for teaching your children empathy. To me, empathy is THE characteristic we should strive for as human beings. I view empathy and sympathy as being two different things. To me, empathy is the ability to see, to feel, and to truly understand what others may be going through. It is the ability to cry for someone...Shit...I'm getting a little emo here...having a bad day.

I can't wait to see what Ava will be doing 10 years from now. But no matter what her place in life turns out to be, you can be proud, and she can be proud, that she has IT. I'm not expressing myself very well today, but I think you know what I am saying.

As far as my writing...I never fancied myself a writer of any sort. You will find that some don't like me in here, and I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that I just SPILL whatever is in my heart and mind through my keyboard. I usually type garbage, but every once in awhile, I hit upon something profound...the law of averages I guess.

I'm having a very dark day, and your words have cheered me. Thank you so much.

[avasmom]

29. you dark day

i hope your day improves, and if it doesn't (dark days have a way of staying that way, particularly for the poet types), just keep in mind that tomorrow is another day and make it better! i really will keep you in my thoughts & prayers...

[fizzgig]

2. that is beautiful, my friend

:hug:

[LeftyFingerPop]

5. Thank you so much....

:hug:

Also, if your furnace belonged to you rather than your landlord, I would help you figure out a better way.

[fizzgig]

14. thank you

:hug:

[S n o w b a l l]

7. Very very nice, philboy....

:)

:loveya:

[LeftyFingerPop]

19. Thank you....

Engi dear :loveya:

[LeftyFingerPop]

8. .

[Dr. Strange]

9. Dudesey wudesey...

Until she arrives, naked and fragrant

That's pretty nice. I may be poetically illiterate, but I like the way it sounds.

:thumbsup:

[madinmaryland]

10. I think that was TZ earlier tonite.

:hide:

[TZ]

17. Dude....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7649962

[LeftyFingerPop]

11. Thank you.

I like your style...

And you have great humor, and you have to run pretty goddamn deep to have great humor.

[Cabcere]

12. That is beautiful, philboy

:hug: You are very talented, and I thank you for sharing that talent with us here in Teh Lounge. :hi:

[LeftyFingerPop]

13. Gee thank you....

I have a disconnect...I can't write anything even close to good unless I am not feeling well. How weird is that? How are you? :hug: :hi:

[LeftyFingerPop]

20. Thanks a lot Cabcere...

:hug:

[LeftyFingerPop]

15. .

[madinmaryland]

16. Dammit! Now I need to take a leak!

:grr:

[LeftyFingerPop]

22. You don't have one of those "trucker's urinals" when you are posting?

:shrug:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

18. That's beautiful, Philboy.

You should be very proud.
I can't write poetry anymore. I can only seem to turn a phrase after something traumatic happens or I am alone and yearning for love. It's a curse.
Duckie

[LeftyFingerPop]

21. Thank you Duckie...

I can only write something that resembles poetry when I am either not feeling well, or depressed.

[puerco-bellies]

25. Very nice, I likes it.

Kudos, and a kick for you my friend.

[LeftyFingerPop]

28. Thank you PB...

and respect to you my friend.