The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 12/13/08

[BlueIris]

"Birthday"

There is silk in your voice,
a healing web, the feel of cashmere,
the whisper like wind in hair,
the softness of cottonwood seed—
life just now beginning to show,
the slight swell at the belly,
a turn of the breast, the yield
at hips, new strength at thighs.
Sometimes we feel the kick
of a foot, the movement of a hand.
Once when blood came too soon
we held to each other long after alarms
and napped far into morning.
In a few months everything will be ready:
we will bring our totem into a room
where breathing and the holding
of hands will begin a new beginning.

—Michael H. Brownstein

[BlueIris]

1. Kick.

[ThomCat]

2. Wow. That sounds so incredibly gentle.

This is an incredibly peaceful, romantic image of two people having a child. I wish it was really like this.

[BlueIris]

4. Totally.

I know far, far too many couples who won't get close to this fictional one.

[RetroLounge]

3. So very nice...

:applause:

RL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. My dear BlueIris!

Oh, this is so beautiful...

Most couples aren't this tranquil, but I see truth here anyway...

So evocative...

Thank you!

:hug:

[BlueIris]

7. Hi, C-Peg.

You are always here. :-)

[Chorophyll]

6. Just lovely.

Kicking it like a kicky baby. :)

[BlueIris]

8. Nice. And pun or no pun, "Kicking it like a kicky baby" is an awesome expression

and you may consider it stolen.