Deep Ties

                                                                     Dreamstime.com                                             #thedrowningpoemsoflove #virtualpoetryprompt WHAT IS TRUE LOVE? What is that onrush, deep within, that sets your heart beating? Palms turn clammy; the breath quickens, engine-like, relentless, The sight of someone sinks a thunderbolt into your stomach, Eyes widen and lips quiver; the world lights up, incandescent. Is that what true love does to you? When the world gazes on with an enigmatic smile, Having seen the same reactions ten thousand times before, You flounder in a sea of emotions, each wave threatening To pull you under; to pull you asunder; and yet, you h...

                                                                      Artist: Ananya Aloke                                                              #butterflydance #100words CREATION The artist looked his Muse and smiled, How ethereal she was, he thought; Her eyes were closed, as though beguiled By a dream, in her net-like memory caught. Ruby-red, her lips glistened in the light, Her marble face with its crown of golden hair, With orange streaks reaching out into the night, The cosmos leant over to kiss her, as did the air; Shimmering around her in a mantle of every shade, She smiled back, aware of his adoring gaze, Luscious greens, airy...