A beautiful morning led them up the hill
grasping on to each other with hope and free will
Above and below the air still swept away
those lurid confessions in kisses astray
Spring in the hillside afresh with warm showers
sitting there mustering courage for hours
They sat at the pinnacle, stared at the clouds
as human-race road signs point to disallow
A union of passion, alikeness of kin
soaring with empathy outside and in
No hidden agenda, no different to those
who'll take an exception when lovers' disclose
Veins tainted golden, beats missing that thud
it's cruel when a love-line flows with the same blood
Yet her lips taste so sweet with the freshest of pout
how can stomachs and hearts change to urns of doubt?
Hiding no option, doing no wrong
so cruel when a streak tugs the heartstrings along
Let them see it for better, feel it for worse
no splitting asunder or shame for this curse
Such sooth silky pollen, when a rose from its dozen
bear thorns deep and downwards and carves the word 'cousin'.
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17 comments:
A very delightful reminder that it's spring and love is in the air.
Kissing cousin, indeed.....they're probably from Texas.....
Or Kentucky....
Lovely rhyming couplets. A rare form these days.
soaring with empathy outside and in
The best kind of relationship!
But in some cultures, marrying cousins is normal...
I always look forward to your Magpie treats ~~ love it!
Beautiful, passionate love. Will these cousins continue their springtime romance?
Look at you go as the rhyme does flow and such a lovey dovey in the air, springing without a care.
Ooooh...that sounds a bit like Arkansas. (Just kidding..er...sort of) ;-)
Very nice.
So well written and alive, Mario Puzo would be proud !
I especially like the notion of stomachs and hearts as urns of doubt...
How sad, perhaps they should explore their paternity a bit more closely.
Nice rhymes throughout, nothing laboured about your verse.
Loved the couplets. Have to say that the end took my breath away. Clever, very clever.
Great fun and good rhymes!
Very nice form that conceals, or reveals, a sad story. I have known a few 'cousin' romances - they were at first awkward for the people concerned, but for several couples, love triumphed over society's dictates.
Such an interesting take on the prompt! Nice.
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