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Click hereThis drafty barn was our castle
Its creaking loft the ramparts
From whence we boldly repulsed
Round bale giants
Holstein dragons
Cornstalk soldiers
Its blocks of bound straw were oak tables
Or gilded chairs
Or servants
As befitted the king and queen
Of a vast cornfield kingdom
Those long summer days
Before dreams became ambitions
Before ambitions became goals
Before goals became plans
We were invincible
And these fields stretched forever
And this barn was magic
And we needed nothing
Nothing
You are not now the girl you were
Nor I that guileless boy
And this barn now seems
So small
So old
So brown
And we feel so weak
Mere adults without swords or crowns
Drawing scant sustenance from nostalgia
Where there once was magic
When you kiss me I wonder
Are you trying
To reclaim something lost
To fill the awkward silence
To replace old memories
This unchaste touch seems
So out of place here
But your lips are warm
You taste of things
Even the king and queen never dreamed
Of clothes sliding off shoulders
Of the breeze raising bumps
On smooth skin
Of bare legs intertwining
Of straw prickling naked buttocks
As two desperate bodies
Struggle to briefly complete each other
Later
When thirsts are quenched
When breathing has slowed
I look down at you in the straw
Your skin glistening
Your breasts still heaving
And I see you smile
Satisfied
And there is magic
I feel the final verse gives closure to the piece. Almost like closing a book and snapping back to reality.
Loved this, "When you kiss me I wonder Are you trying To reclaim something lost To fill the awkward silence" and the juxtaposition of the two 'times" in the same setting!
though I agree with Harry, it's too long to hold all but really dedicated readers. There are some little things I might do differently, too, like get rid of some of the "ands" and other words that seem extraneous to me. But that may just reflect my preference. The images really grab the reader, love that.
Thanks for sharing it. :-)