Night Breeze

If summer heat is getting to you, here’s a respite.

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Night Breeze

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briskly clean
silky cool
it spills in
the open window

it slips satin silver
sly and sensuous
sheer and silent
as the moon

it wafts and tumbles
tantalizes
floats and swoops
in sweet refresh

it dances gently
up your arms
across your chest
to brush your cheek

encircles itself
soft upon you
in soothing
fond embrace

whispered rushes
fluttered breaths
like loving strokes
caress your skin

lilting tender
breath of comfort
zephyred fingers
toss your hair

from august’s torments
with crisp compassion
this night breeze
delivers true

…

rob kistner © 2007

18 thoughts on “Night Breeze”

  1. Pepek

    ka is my wife. She sends these comments from her desk at work sometimes to be clever… 😉

    I love her, but in this matter, she is disqualified — so your intended comment stands as “Very Cool”.

    Thank you!

  2. Constance

    Glad you feel refreshed… 😉

    After reading how scorching my “August” poem read, I felt obliged to offer some relief.

    Thank you for your kind words!

  3. a refreshing poem–I wish you could send some of that night breeze (with a bit of rain) this way, we’ve in a drought and for the past week, a heat wave.

  4. Juliet

    We seldom need them here — but I remember my sweltering youth… when we would lie in bed at night, basting in our own juices! …no fun

  5. I especially liked Night Breeze. I was just thinking the other night as the fan blew across my face of how wonderful that feeling is and you did such a beautiful job of capturing the very essence of it.

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