XI - 2nd June — Summary

Luca FlautoRomantic

Finally we can walk under the warm Sun, between disconnected paths, breathing the scent of nature.

I was kidnapped by that intriguing and pure forest. The river was drawing a line, a pulsing vein

The same I felt the night before touching your wrists. Passion tasted us, your lips slipped down on my neck down to the back. Your warmth relieved my invisible scars.

Your palms reminded me the body of a leaf, laid naked on the grass. I was playing with them and I sensed your soul with a light touch.

I felt like a nymph in that bunch of trees, floating in search of a shelter.

I was just dreaming because the shelter was right next to me.

That misty night was too short to get some sleep. I sat on the kitchen counter watching the sunrise by the window. A glass of water between my hands.

I had this beautiful time and I held it as a treasure too beautiful to vanish, too precious to waste it.

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Luca Flauto's poem follows a walk through a forest and the night of intimacy that came before it. The speaker is glad to be outdoors in the sun, and the river seems to echo something felt the night earlier: a pulse, like the one under a lover's wrist. The memory is tender and physical. Lips on a neck, warm hands, and a closeness that seems to ease old, hidden hurts, the "invisible scars."

Nature and the body keep blending together. The partner's palms look like leaves, and the speaker feels like a nymph searching for shelter, only to realize the shelter was beside them all along. The ending is quiet. After a sleepless night, the speaker sits in the kitchen with a glass of water, watching the sunrise. The mood is calm, grateful, and a little dreamy, as the speaker tries to keep the experience from fading.

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