Calypso's Sigh

As the tempest raged outside

The air was warm

Condensation formed

On windows and bodies alike

dripping down the fogged up

glass panes in racing slides

The divine exhalation

Blown across the land

Through our little slapdash

Stand on the cliff’s side

Where we languished in the sheets

You stirred and practically purred

In my ear making me twitch

And kick till I flopped onto your

Belly and we were

Covered in sweat again

Saturated in the sweet

Jasmine-scented night air

Until we decided to go for a

Swim since the sun likes to

Siphon off my life and fun

So we laze about in the blazing

Daytime hours taking our chance

To roll about in her enchanted

Tossing showers

Our favorite lady’s pleasant waters

As she painted our bodies

Blue, and pink, and shimmering gold

The colors of love

And tropical flowers

With the sailor’s sunrise as we

Drowned in each other’s eyes

Washing ashore, tangled in

The arms of sleepy desire

Ready to relapse into slumber again

Dreaming of sailing into

Your home port once more

K.B. Silver

I don't do well in the sun or the heat, so my husband and I didn't go on the typical tropical vacation; we went to Gold Beach, Oregon. My muse has a pet named Calypso, and through the eyes of the sunrise, the experience was re-imagined. Here is another poem I wrote, this one with pictures from my honeymoon