innocence

Daphne and Apolloby BeatrizMartinVidal

Untouched yet  susceptible

a branch loved and broken, 

Like Venus de Milo.

There is joy in being out of reach,

A pre pubescent , reluctance to be free

warmly consenting, waiting to bud.

Unlike the bright yet stab of a bougainvillea

With airy, joyous, tropic dance

Umbilical break, Filled of breathing the sway 

and whisper of love, of Heart turned soggy.

Birch, tree of desire, indolent, 

sensual loll of Young hairless twigs.

- opus 125