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orange glaze

by Shonda Chrissonberry

there is a music note
on my check stub
i pay in beats and melodies

pause

i am in motion
your heart is my
orbit

void

my eyelids are heavy
it is you i want
to consume

love

we are one
with trumpets
in our hands

08/05/2008

Author's Note: the prompt was orbit

Posted on 08/05/2008
Copyright © 2025 Shonda Chrissonberry

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Charlie Morgan on 08/05/08 at 11:40 PM

...shun, this is top drawer, and to think it came from a prompt...youwee!

Posted by Shannon McEwen on 09/21/09 at 12:04 AM

I like what you did with the prompt, I love the idea that his heart is your orbit, well said!

Posted by Alison McKenzie on 03/16/10 at 10:40 AM

this is one of the prettiest poems I've ever read.....EVER. I love it! Congrats on POTD darling soul sister of mine!!!!!

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