Maputo

By mattstreatham

Sun, 10 Jul 2011

4 comments

White teeth glinting
in the summer darkness

Red lips glistening
as I fail to resist

Black skin glowing
beneath my clumsy caress

Brown eyes gleaming
tears as I have to leave

Dark star burning
in my heart forever more.

Permalink Submitted by Highhat on Sun, 2011-07-10 19:42

This is a beautiful poem. Very good for the first one. Congratulations- keep them coming ;)Pia

Permalink Submitted by mattstreatham on Sun, 2011-07-10 20:57

Thank you Pia, that's very kind. I think it needs a lot more work!

Permalink Submitted by Beeme on Sun, 2011-07-10 22:34

This is extremely beautiful :) Beeme xx

Permalink Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on Mon, 2011-07-11 14:15

very good!