THREE POEMS
By Valerie Ford
EARTH
I lay
like earth
her legs stretched
far and wide
so men may travel
to reach it's boundaries
SWIM
A cesspool
no boats
I'm sinking
into brown eyes
Look around
on your ledge
pale skin sheds
Black silk
crumbles gray
beneath the rocks
of tears
A red man
jumps
An ice man
runs
dive into my stench
lick
your engulfed Athena
clean to grace.
WINE
You breathe
into my skin
swimming stagnant emotions
You taste
remembering I smell of roses
Fingertips glide across
Over the silky unknown
tickling their slumber
I breathe
closing worn lids
sipping the wine
of pleasure
END
Fashion designer Valerie N. Ford, a native of Memphis, is currently attending college in Middle Tennessee. She has been published in the Eternal Portraits Series, various poetry web sites including Poetry.com, and has been featured in local publications. Many of her poems are tied to her art, which usually have a psychological connotation. She believes poetry should evoke emotions lost in our mundane and harsh world.
