Breastbone and Thigh with Color of a Manly Love
The ivory letters I would set in bones
Of love would nearly be invisible
Since ivory is too close in paler tones
To thigh and breast bone. Indivisible
Those colors are in love from me to you.
The ivory would be deep, embedded in
Your chest and thigh, not merely a tattoo.
Embedded after carved, and deep within
Your skeleton, my messages would be
For epochs then. The ivory/whites would not
Bring blood from marrow, though. The gods could see
My hieroglyphs with love and passion fraught.
The paleness placed in paleness would be there
For deeper beings’ ears in silent blare.
~ Phillip Whidden
by phillipw | Dec 7, 2024 | RO |