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Sing Me Your Forever Song, Nomad Lover

The petrichor was thick in the air
As he ran his fingers gently through my hair.
I didn’t know if it was
Love.

A few months of dalliance,
Letting my morals tip off balance.
Viatic, my heart felt hiraeth, a need for
Home.

His words, mellifluous and charming,
In my ears, were sweetly swarming,
Maybe this was a limerence, a forever
Place.

The virga hung low in the sky,
And I wondered, wondered why,
He’d become so comely in my eyes, a
Star.

As if reading my mind’s utinam,
He slipped back into me with a plan.
Penis indefatigable, hot and
Heavy.

He’ll be my phenomenal everything,
My affectionate dwelling, always. Make me sing
Into forever, make me sing
Our song.

--

Mad Words List 4.24.18

Mellifluous
Dalliance
Phenomenal
Comely
Sonder
Penis
Petrichor
Limerence
Hiraeth
Indefatigable
Viatic
Utinam
Virga

--

Today was a beautiful rainy/snowy day, and I wanted to capture that with a bit of passion and the twist of going from uncertainty to surety, from being a lover nomad to finding a home.

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