fallen verses

Following the rules… better.

The better only refers to how well the rules were followed, not the poem. I love all my poems equally. Except the ones I don’t. So, this and the previous post owe a debt to jillypoet who masterminded a prompt over at nablopomo’s read.write.poem. group to use the readwritepoem site to generate three prompts and use them in an eleven line poem. This one is eleven lines and uses all three prompts (bust, relish, the accident).

Accidentally in Love

The accident’s gentle aftermath
floated like rose petals
on the placid water of a hot bath
obscured by steam and in turn
obscuring your skin which
gently shivered, relished
the heat of the moment
soaking into every muscle….
While I dress, your profile
on the pillow is like a bust
of Venus, but warm, inviting.