Shades of Love

If I Had Synesthesia and Spirit Longing

Oct 09, 2024

if I had synesthesia

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If I had synesthesia,
the world would be a kaleidoscope
of pink-crimson-vermillion
as the love I feel for you
is realised,
made technicolour.

A splash of orange-tangerine
licks the edges,
fire-like
as my heart swells.
Each breath a declaration,
a downpour, a revelation;
blue-indigo-ultramarine,
cool like fire,
as air from my lungs
confirms your existence.

Swathes of shimmering
copper-claret-rose
caress my skin,
tracing the path
your fingers just left.
If I had synesthesia.

First published here.

Spirit Longing

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Across oceans, rivers, mountains,
Whole continents in between,
My soul found you.
Gliding over the planet
To merge with yours.
Connected without knowing,
Boundless passion igniting,
Minds ignorant
Of the soul’s growing desire.

We collide,
Our souls, entwine,
Overwhelming the world,
A psychic tsunami of passion,
Before bodies ever touched.
Forests in far-flung lands,
Whole heaving oceans witnessed
Our lust and passion.
Corporeal bodies, following slowly,
A step behind connected souls.
Sensuously, we unite,
Souls sighing, relief,
Pleasure, passion escaping
Our lips, touching,
Skin to skin,
At last.

First published here in response to the prompt ‘soul lust.’

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Lisa x