colors

Posted byPhillip Knight ScottPosted inPoemsTags:, ,

I love you as
     the night
hangs gently from your

brow, playing towards
     a twinkle,
determined to

turn your lips (
     revealing the bliss
     meant for us)
gentle red.

I love you as
     the sea laps salty
on the sand,

receding
     waters smoothly
cascading

across the
     vast beautiful coastline
     before ebbing
into blue.

I love you as
     a tree stretches for
the sun for

it knows nothing else
     energized by the effort
before winter, after,

half of it will return
     in bloom, better (for
     the trouble),
into green

Published by Phillip Knight Scott

My name is Phillip. I am a Tar Heel born and bred and watch every Yankees game I can. I'm still searching for my own TARDIS. My first novel, "The Alien in the Backseat," is available now! https://amzn.to/3oVCG77

19 thoughts on “colors”

  2. This is such a gentle love poem, Philip which, as Jane said, ripples. I like your use of parentheses, the sea lapping salty and the phrase ‘ebbing into blue’.

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  3. Gosh this is beyond beautiful! ❤️ Especially love; “I love you as the sea laps salty on the sand,
    receding waters smoothly cascading across the vast beautiful coastline.” 😀

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      1. I just read through everything you’ve posted so far and I really like your style! (Plus… I’m also a Star Trek and real science fiction fan, so there’s that!!) Looking forward to more from you in the coming days/months.

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