Pink organza dress
A sea of roses in her hair
Undercurrent of sensual sorceress.
Scents of love promised
Followed by adrenalin rush.
Temptress divine
A moment of indiscretion
That claimed you as mine.
Followed by a tsunami of regret
And a lifetime of commitment.
© Alison Jean Hankinson
Image:
Aline with Flowers, Free to use for non commercial use.
I have decided to submit this poem for d’Verse open link night. I wrote it at the weekend. It took me a while to find an image that I liked, and I actually discovered a lot of images by Garreta that I liked, so that was a bonus.
Yes… a beginning can always end up like that, but on the other hand that’s how we go on.
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The “sensual sorceress” (good description) may lead to temporary regret, but the lifetime commitment has a lifetime to turn all that around.
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I’m glad your hunt for an image led you to Garreta . It sometimes happens like that, Alison. I love the phrase ‘undercurrent of sensual sorceress’ – it served him right and he probably deserved the ‘tsunami of regret’ and ‘lifetime of commitment’.
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The second stanza is very strong and your last two lines ‘a tsunami of regret – And a lifetime of commitment’ are especially moving.
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“Sunami of regret”. Beautifully descriptive. Well-written verse!
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Such a fantastic image – I thought it would be hard to top but your verse takes it further – and the two stanzas of your ‘serenade’ – the adrenalin rush in the first and the tears in the second – very clever.
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I would say he deserved the tsunami of regret. A lovely poem Alison and I am so glad you found that image. It is often serendipitous that we find these things.
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This lifetime of regret was what our ancestors put up with; mismatched folks locked into bad marriages. Mosi of we boomers would not put up with such nonsense. Took me 3 marriages to get it right.
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Beautiful poem.
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A lifetime of regret, that is one turbulent wave to have to ride.
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Love, commitment and sometimes regret go hand i nhand
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‘a tsunami of regret’… such a powerful description!
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I hope the regret fades, and another object replaces the lost one.
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That’s cool. I saw the image first and thought you’d written the poem based on it, it fits so well!
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Thankyou. X
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The regrets are worse than the hardest hangover.. good verse.
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thanks.
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That’s how it goes sometimes…a moment of madness and then a whole lifetime of regret, sadly.
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