Estelline
The wind swept over the grass, stirring the scent of a thousand prairie flowers
Her hair bounced in the breeze, curls unfurling like a flag flying high
I took her hand and we ran
The sun shined down upon us, and the horizon seemed to be endless
I felt my heart pounding, strong and brave and free
Estelline
The cold wind took my hat away from me
Just like she stole my heart
I held her in my lap
We shared some tiger meat
And then, we kissed
The kiss blossomed and exploded into a thousand rays of orange light
As the sunset shone all around us
The soft shadows lengthening
The old buildings
The familiar houses
Of Estelline
One day we will return
I will show our children
They will discover the haunting beauty I’ve found long ago
Estelline
One day, I will breathe my last
As she holds my hand
The tears in her eyes
The crucifix held close to my heart
As I fly away
But when that day comes,
Bury me
In Estelline
I think this is a beautiful tribute with some very deep feelings. It’s beautiful in that respect, and I appreciate you sharing this.
NorthernSky, this is a lovely poem. I gotta ask, is this Estalline, South Dakota or Estalline, Texas? In any case, it sounds like an ode to where you met your wife – & perhaps a salute to your hometown.
If it’s a salute to your hometown ya might not want to answer my above question – to preserve your anonymity. I suppose it’s possible that Estalline is a place you visited family &/or while on vacation- & you loved the peaceful rural prairie scenery. I feel that way about where my wife is from.
I read you were eating Tiger 🐅 meat 🥩 . That threw me off. I can’t imagine you were eating an endangered species. I wondered if Estelline was on the African savanna. But then I remembered that tigers 🐅 🐅live in Asia, not Africa.
So, I looked up tiger meat. As you know what it is I’m explaining this to other MH readers who like me, are or were clueless about tiger meat.
Tiger meat is heavily seasoned ground beef 🐄 or ground venison 🦌. It has
cayenne pepper 🌶️, tobasco sauce,
onions 🧅, garlic 🧄, salt, raw egg 🥚, and black pepper. Tiger 🐅 meat 🥩 is served on crackers. I suspect that it is an acquired taste. 🤤
The Editors should collect and publish the erotic poetry written for this site. It would sell. There is an unfortunate dearth of good erotic poetry. Not all is great of course, but it’s all interesting.