Recapturing Paradise by Rae Weaver

Coiled in perse-bruised loneliness,
she remembers dark curves
of peppered heat,
coconut smoothed.

A time apart,
tropically strange,
swirled from past to now
on breezes of sunburnt sand.

Sultry fever reclaims her bones,
dragging her under
turquoise mirrored waves,
sharp with desire.

On equator's coast
the goddess danced with her;
offered pome of her own
in luxurious abandon.

Gossamer touch in sundered space,
merging memory and moment,
summons her venus,
voluptuously mortal for the nonce.

© 2003 Rae Weaver

 

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Bio:

Bio: Rae Weaver, a Pushcart Prize nominee, is a writer and artist who lives in Virginia with her family, a couple of cats and a fesnying of ferrets. Current and upcoming publications include: Erosha, Literati Review, ERWA, Gin Bender and Wicked Alice. She is Poetry Editor for the Erotica Readers and Writers Assoc. Website: www.thewinterbourne.com