Kristy Nilsson
Love & Friendship Poems
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The Midas Touch
July 1999 - CopyrightThe ripples on the lake,
Alive, like children scurrying under their blankets,
Are deified by evening sunlight.
They are transformed from water to liquid gold with the twilight’s Midas touch.
I wish that I could be that light,
And have the power to make your eyes catch fire,
With only my golden touch.
June 1998 - Copyright
I have emptied out my body
To house him in my chest.
I have carved out my mind, my lungs, my heart,
And bestowed them at his feet --
to pose as my most priceless dowry.
But he will not accept my offering,
And he will not enter this palace which I have created for him.
So now my breast is vacant,
And I am not accepting renters.
Him
- excerpt June 1998 - CopyrightLike a rooted sunflower that turns to face the sun,
My heart follows his path as he travels across my sky.
It cannot touch its beloved, because the sun is a billion miles away.
And if only its petals could reach,
The beautiful rays that caress that poor blossom from afar,
would simply burn it to a spot of sizzling ash.
Like Water
January 1999 - CopyrightLike water through my fingers,
I can only hold you for so long.
If I drink you from my palm,
Water will drip down my chin,
And my lips will be left damp,
But I will never be filled
Because I can only hold you for so long.
June 1998 - Copyright
My soul is made from the same substance as yours is.
It is thick, and pours slowly between us.
I cannot know what portion of my substance is you,
Because you have dissolved into me.
My liquid soul has encircled yours,
and they spiral together into the upper air…
I lie motionless and feel the rocking
as they dive through one another,
then dissipate into the pool to resurge once more.
Eyes closed.
I feel his breath in my mouth
And one hand in my hair
The awkward clinking of teeth
Is our only accompaniment
As I bite his lower lip
And he begs me with his tongue.
For Amanda
September 2000 - CopyrightLike a crystal prism
That hangs in your kitchen window
And breaks the purest sunlight into a brilliant spectrum,
She broke her happiness into a thousand rays,
So each of us could see a piece of that light.
Like a sky-bound cloud
That spills a million raindrops to the earth,
She showered us with life.
And like a gust of wind
That blows a dandelion’s seeds to the ground,
Where they can take root to become something beautiful,
She helped scatter love,
So it could grow in all of us.
Copyright Notice
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