Lockdown Romance Poem by D Loveday Morris

Lockdown Romance
Part 2
Lockdown romance doesn't happen by chance
Ask those who now do that dance
For romance takes lovers to different places
And lockdown offers unlimited spaces

Yet it's beauty can be found in odd outer spaces
like the way you use your words to touch the brim of my lips; feel the tickle of those tiny hairs on the side of my face
And for some it's like meditating, and worshiping and aspiring to be on the brink of warm inner spaces, in a dream like state, wide awake and awakening

And this is where many aspire,
To go where love takes one higher;
Meditate, worship, pray;
Where hands and feet interlock,
Where toes curl and time stops;
Where hips, dip and fingertips
Takes you on mountainous beach strips
And many discredit the age old myth
Realising that a man's strength is more than his length
But the way he dips his tips,
Like boats on clear waters lay
And in embrace they sway
Doing whatever they may
Engaging in trips of kisses

Ask those who do,
The ones like me and you;
How is there time?
There is always time to create new adventures.
Drink, drink of me and worship in this sacred space of mine; get drunk in redefined pleasures

Yet the art of lockdown romance,
Is going underground, burrowing, plunging in rabbit holes
Taking a brisk walk or a stroll
Be those lovers in the park,
As they Frolic and giggle
How romanantic it is to have fun blowing bubbles.

And for those who aren't particularly found of blowing bubbles
You can create a recipe of love and cuddles
Turn the music up, dress up, in heels and make up; wear your sexy shirt and just dance
Be a beginner and advance further
Furthermore, dance like you are lost in time
Let the music stroke your mind
Feel each beat in your steps
As you stroke your lover's neck
Breathe your lover in;
Open up, start exploring

Lockdown romance is a special place
Talk sweet nothings and in each others eyes gaze
And see how cheeks now glow
No rush, the challenge is to take it ever so slow;
Feel the rush and blush as lovers eyes meet
When the loveliest thing is caressing each other's feet

Lockdown romance is never a drain
When you enjoy the simple pleasures
There are those who go on virtual dates,
Who find their mates
Then in distance they kiss
And still miss the taste of a lover's lips

Virtual dates aren't all a mistake
According to the statistics
Through the space of an open mind
Romantic boundaries may be newly defined
And whirlwind romance you too can also find

If there is one thing to be learnt from being inlockdown; is that romance can be found in odd times and places
For it isn't always easy to predict, the hidden gifts behind blunt, funny faces
So there is romance if you take that chance
Explore in time a range of spaces

D. Loveday Morris
June 92020

An Extract from the Diary of a Jamaican Critical Care Nurse Living and Working in the UK
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Ashley Sarah Jane Williams Alix Hodgson Gosia Martin Abet Mercado Mutty Ranks
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