Broken Reason
When fantasies jackknife your to-do listsand longing for the aural caress of a lover’s sightrumps need for solitude, I’ll be your reason. When you’re on your knees,armor of business suit and spreadsheets shreddedby black satin sheets and scent of wild roses, I’ll be your reason. When your carefully mapped journey past temptation gets detouredby a kiss-licked trail headed south to curl your toes, making you forget all the reasons to say no, I’ll be the reason that un-breaks your heart. ~Nara Malone This is my contribution for Open Link Night at dVersePoets. Drop by this evening to join the fun or to read what others wrote.
More Tour Fun at Total Eclipse and Selkie Island
Tour stop for today is Total Eclipse Reviews. Stop by to see what deep dark secrets I reveal about myself and my newest novel, Make Me Wet. Sign up to win prizes and books. When you’re done with all that you can drop by Selkie Island at Nara’s Nook and hang out with handsome selkie Ronin. He’s a great listener. Look in the cave near Ronin and find a selkie avatar to discover what it is like to shift between being human and seal. Explore the magical playground under the water. If you’re new to virtual worlds you can find instructions on logging in for the first time here. If…
Fathomless Love
1. Liquid LettersShe haunts the black cliffs by day, walks the shore at night. Memories cocoon parched heart. Reality shredding hope as jagged rocks shred surf.Seven tears cast upon the ocean, one for each year she’s waited. Encrypted pheremones and DNA. Her love letter. A summons wrapped in white caps, delivered via Poseidon’s pony express. A Love endangered, bouyed by watery dreams.Beast summoned from sea. Man summoned from beast. 2. RiptideHe rides the surf in after the first sunset of the spring.Tongues tangle, limbs entwine on first contact, every minute precious, measured in undulant beat of bodies braided with swirling sand and foam.Seal song rising, a duet of sighs and…