AN OLD WOODEN BOAT - Sad Love Poem by Strider Marcus Jones

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AN OLD WOODEN BOAT

an old wooden boat,

the long sail through erotic journey

tattered and torn,

lip red paint peeling on planked carcass,

bleaches on a sandbar-

the silent tributary

of it's river bed

dried and cracked.

smudges of mascara

over scented seasons

woman the shell of a dress

she wore 

with full breasts

and firm behind. 

i remember-

don't take

the corn coloured sun for granted,

or ignore

her constellation and unmentioned course,

unless, you want to pace the deck,

invisible to love

counting silent stars

talking to the unknown.

Copyright Strider Marcus Jones 2012. From his book Pomegranate Flesh. All Rights Reserved.

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