Arms Like Home

by zombiepikachu   Apr 8, 2013


She breathes in arms like home and watches
a softrise,
softfall
of a tired chest.
Lashes that graze
the air
Lips that caress the skin --

onceuponatime love wasn't real
and princesses were a
dreamers
false perception.
But -- veins

pulse inside her temples
and her lips
feel dry,
when she cannot
breathe in the arms like
home.

She feels her sleeping
Prince's sighs
of honey and
presses against his

steadiness.
They rock together in a lullaby
a lullaby of lover's sighs
enveloped

in the
perfume of sleep. The dream
she clings to --
the breathing
of the tired chest, the

arms like home...

in her cocoon of restfulness
against the steady
pulse
of her sleeping
prince

-z

*very e.e. cummings-esque, I think. c:

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  • 11 years ago

    by Saerelune

    It's a pity this can't be nominated, such a beautiful poem. It seems to rise and fall with the rhythm of breath, packed full with tension and softness at the same time. I don't think I've ever seen enjambment done as effectively as you did. You're master of your pace, but whilst your sentences are fragmented, each line can very well stand on their own. While reading this I feel sucked into some sort of daze, such sereneness, such gentle sensuality.

    The only thing I wasn't so sure about was the "onceuponatime". It's nice to experiment with words like that but to me, when I see words sticking together, I tend to read it faster (maybe it's just me). It felt unnatural when put together with this rather slow, dreamy tone. But that's all. Thoroughly enjoyed reading this.

  • 11 years ago

    by Darren

    Love the gentle feel of this,
    I am not usually keen on lines that are broken, let alone stanzas that are broken up, but this works here and helps with the flow and the dream like feeling of the whole piece.

    nicely done.
    attempted nomination.....I clicked the button at least.

    • 11 years ago

      by zombiepikachu

      Thank you so much! c: I wasn't sure if the broken lines was too much, but I liked the way I read it in my head with it, so I kept it.

      Thank you, again! c:

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