Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes*

Thought For The Day

Albert de Belleroche:
Rear view, head and shoulders,
of young woman, ca. 1885

Rose my color is and white,

Pretty mouth and green my eyes.

Moments without pleasure or delight,

Skin that offers, then denies.

Alabaster smile on crimson lips,

Rainbow diamonds dangle, perfect lobes.

Invitation offered, undulating hips

Caveats, wondering, insincere probes.

Longing is my mood and blue.

Aloft, then crashing without you.

©Herb Ratliff, February 24, 2012, All Rights Reserved

*Note: The first two lines in this poem ( Rose my color is and white,
Pretty mouth and green my eyes.) are lifted directly from J D Salinger's short story, Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes. The rest of it is just me playing with the initial thought.