Painted toenails the giveaway
Symbolic richness, an island castaway
Whose cymbal I once stroked lightly
Brushed with sensuous sensitivity
Tingles for the no longer single
Sweet, bright, intense of night

Talked through to the dawn
Excitement of acquaintance
Wake of a bright new morning
Gang-time of a breakfast
Rich stories, with secret smiles

Weekend life and weeks away
The wonder of the why
The magic about to find out
Burst visions; no more to know
Broken dreams, apart in reams
Painted toenails; rhyme not reason
a poem from the collection Painted Toenails in Nortons Grate - Love with Varnish Appplied available by clicking here