SEVEN SHORT LOVE POEMS by Hilda K. Britt [©July 1995]

PLANE LOVE
Put together by circumstance
he window, she aisle
not a word is exchanged
carefully avoiding each other's eyes
he studies her profile
the shape of her fingernails
her thrice-pierced ears
the curve of her breast
The plane jostles---her arm touches his for an instant
a moment of connection---he exists!

He picks up his bag from the carousel
turns sees her looking at him
smiling she reaches for hers
He gently takes it from her hand
they walk together like lovers
absorbed into the crowd...[April 1993]

COURTSHIP

As a winter bird surrounded by the sheer
whiteness and brightness of the snow,
Your presence filled me with warmth and coolness
in one.


As a winter bird's song
that charges the wintry air,
Your words inspire to motion and change.

BRIEF SEPARATION

Though I want to see your face,
and ache for the touch of you
I won't be blue.
Being satisfied but not complete
With words that are fleet;
They flow, they glide, they fade away.
Yet they linger to spur me on
To heights of emotions; awakenings; stirrings. . .
I am missing you!


HIS INTEREST WEANS

Though I see you as you are,
I close my eyes to reality.
Though I see you as you are,
My dreams are of love's ecstasy;
Though I see you as you are
I envision needs fulfilled, hopes realized.
Though I see you as you are,
Pretense abounds.

QUERIES

What does it mean to love?
Does love have meaning?

What does it mean to love?
Is it when your heart
is heavy with sadness?
Is it when you are lonely
and exhausted from tears?

OR
Is it when your heart breaks
with the realization
that you love in vain?

I am NOT going to call him

I am not going to call him
my phone is silent
it does not ring

you have not called
what does this mean
you have no need for me
you've had your fill of me

I will not call

The closer I get to you
the more it makes me see
how dispassionate you are
how separate we are

we are worlds apart
we have come together
briefly...[September 1993]

ENTANGLEMENT an EPIGRAM 

The web he weaved was strong and sure
his eyes were like an hypnotic lure
his winsome ways and beguiling charms
     pulled me into his waiting arms

he loved me long
he loved me strong
and then
     he said


 "Get out'a my bed!!"


           [1994]
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