Streetlights play with shadows as pedestrians stroll under
Flickers stroke your hair and hover gently on the strands
I could watch for hours as the world keeps moving onward
Placidly content to hold my universe in hand
Storefronts sell their fancies catching glances from the children
Snowflakes grace the fabric of your sweater as we stroll
Hands entwined so I can keep you safely near me always
Hats and furs like armor in our fight to thwart the cold
Have I ever told you
How much I adore you
How much I am warmed to know that you care
Have I ever mentioned
You have my attention
I’m pleasantly caught in the heat of your stare
Crystals form in corners of the windows through the city
Taxis run like blood cells through the arteries of town
All the decorations and the lights aren’t half as pretty
As the silhouette you cast like magic on the ground
All the presents pale beside the gift of being with you
All the vendors fail to place a price upon your love
Every time you smile I think the moon gets slightly larger
Glowing like a dream and you are what i’m dreaming of
Have I ever told you
How much I adore you
How I’d stop the world if it was what I had to do
Have I ever mentioned
You have my full attention
Totally transfixed and wanting nothing else but you
vampireweather 
This poem is just fantastic!! I am going to read this over and over again. VW, you have the heart of a poet and the mind of a dreamer… 🙂
Thank you so much, my friend. 🙂
so much beautiful imagery VW… this is a lovely piece
I am grateful you enjoyed it, LadyT
This is such a lovely, romantic stroll you’ve taken us on, VW….it’s good to be back, reading your wonderful writing~
It is good to see you again, Lauren and I hope all is well with you
All the decorations and the lights aren’t half as pretty
As the silhouette you cast like magic on the ground…loved it
dreamy nights and twinkling days, love sure walks on magical ways..
~hugs
Indeed it does. Thank you, Soma 🙂
Too many brilliant lines to quote. You honestly are such a true and sensual poet. You take a concept that could be explored in such a shallow way, and you dive in so deeply. I am enjoying watching you evolve.
Thank you Sarah, although this is an older piece, so perhaps it is deceiving in the chronology of my evolution 🙂
Beautiful work… just breathless, such vivid imagery, sensations of the soft sweater, everything… loving the way your mind works the verse out to a fine finish 🙂
Thank you very much, Aurora 🙂
I love it, beautiful work 🙂 I also love the image, it caught my eye! No pun intended 😉
Haha thank you, autumn 🙂
“Taxis run like blood cells through the arteries of town”
just so love your mind! 🙂 I could never think of something like that to say! xx Hugs xx
You are too kind 🙂
” Taxis run like blood cells through the arteries of town”
A particularly happy image, I think.
Unless they become clogged 🙂
While would hardly fit what you are evoking here. In another context, however …
🙂
Awwww, so charming and affectionate….you really captured something magical.
Celeste
Thank you, Celeste! I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
I love how descriptive you are. I can imagine and “visit” your world in poetry.
**Have I ever mentioned
You have my attention
I’m pleasantly caught in the heat of your stare**
This is such a powerful statement of love to me. We often overlook these simple moments.
Beautiful my friend.
I often overlook them as well, then recreate them in my mind at times I need then most. Thank you, my friend!
So many wonderful lines in this, VW – (well, ALL of them, actually.) This poem is full of splendor. (I’ve never used the word “splendorous” to describe a poem before, but that’s what came to mind!) Very beautiful sentiments, and another gem of a poem!
You never cease to find new ways to encourage me, Betty 🙂
You are too good to me
A truly mesmerizingly beautiful love poem! The rhythms, the repeated questioning refrain, the movements in the city together, the changing of scenery and lights all match the ever increasing sense of adoration for the beloved on the part of the speaker in this poem. My congratulations on your success with this topic here.
Thank you, granbee. It is not as refined and well thought as your lovely work, but it will have to do 🙂
That is so beautiful I know I often say this of your poems but it is just true!! It is memorizing lights cars shops people and the adoree wanting the adored!! xx
Thank you, willow! It was a nice thought in my mind at the time 🙂
Once again, you catch me off guard with you excellent play of words, that is so full or romance.
Hugs, xx
Thank you, Deb! Catching you off guard…I feel quite stealthy! 🙂
i love how you made a great piece of pooetry by just one object in mind..beautiful!!!!! like a love poem
Thank you for the encouragement 🙂
I really love the refrain: “have I ever mentioned you have my full attention”. What a strikingly fresh way to say something so meaningful!
Thank you! My thoughts were very bright when I wrote this