The challenge today is to write a poem in either a different voice or multiple voices.  Listening to the tiny voices inside my head, I’ve gone with voices…..and so that I am caught up…

With This Moment
by Michael Romani

He:
I see you standing there
Wanting to hold you near
Whispering words of love
Hoping its me you think of
Inside I tremble slightly
Daring to hope you want me

She:

Boy, why don't you just move along
You with your words, wine and song
Don't tempt me with your words of love
I know your kind and what you speak of
Do not think me just another pretty face
If you do, I will surely put you in your place

He:

I know that I too seldom get things right
But, you are so beautiful in the moonlight
If God might grant me the right words to say
I hope for more than one night's shadow play
I can see there's more to you than fashion
So much more than can be shown in a night's passion

She:

Don't waste your and my sweet precious time
It will take a true heart and not just rhyme
To get beyond my unmeant and staid smile
You might promise love but I'll give you denial
I have heard a thousand lines to get one thing
If you want to get somewhere, tell me what you bring

He:

I am just a poor boy whose gift is my song
Seeking just for once to maybe truly belong
It seems that you have been hurt bad before
But that's no reason for you to show me the door
If I tell you that I love you that's what I mean
And I tell you now you are my living dream

She:

If you keep turning my heart, we'll find
This darkness left somewhere far behind
Greeting the rise of the new day's sun
And maybe, just maybe, our new love begun
Hurry boy, or you may just find you'll miss
I have changed my mind and am waiting for your kiss

He:

I am finding myself so entranced and drawn
Wishing only to follow your light into the dawn
Holding you close; much closer than I thought I might
There at the beginning of this magical night
Waiting to wet your sweet lips with my slow kiss
I stare there admiring their passionate gliss

She:

With this moment, we two are joined to become one
This indecision and uncertainty put aside and one
Come here boy and tell me that you will be my man
Together we will do these things the best that we can
Accept my love and I will take yours as mine too
Tell me now that this is what we will and you want it true

He:

With this moment, we two are joined to become as one
Pushed aside indecision in confidence as we are one
Side by side we will walk and I will be your man
Together we will do these things the best that we can
Accept my love and I will take yours as mine too
Tell me now that this is what we will and you want it true

(c) April 2, 2018  Michael Romani
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