Ivory in June
Jan 11, 2021
It was chapel bells in a distant sunset
Brightly colored carnations adorned your head like a crown
It was a windswept spray as the sea kissed the shore
We knelt at the greatness before us
Vowing in that moment to always love and hold onto
each singular minute that we shared
just like this
You whispered, “Your eyes are as blue as the sky today”
I whispered back, “That’s because I am looking at you”
You smiled that smile of yours and winked at me
And to this day I will never be able to express in words
What that did to me
The day words were no longer just words
The day I felt and not just heard
That you loved me
On this earth’s ethereal plane
The day that felt like ivory in June.
©K.E. DePalmenary Poetry 2021
