Will You Wear An Earring
Will you wear an earring
for me
clasp it to your flesh
never mind the bruise
never mind the pain.
Will you wear this earring
and give me a lip-sticky kiss.
Will you wear my earring
make a little hole
in your skin
in your ear
pierce it
then
carefully thread it through
and give me a lip-sticky kiss
then let me see
the writings
and pictures
on your skin.
Will you wear this earring
or will you keep your skin
pristine
clear as a baby’s
unpierced
unbruised
unblemished
aged like fine wine
naturally.
Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She is especially interested in exploring the boundaries of dream, fantasy and reality. She was shortlisted in the Theatre Cloud ‘War Poetry for Today’ competition and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and a Rhysling Award. Her poetry has appeared in many publications including: Apogee, Firewords, Capsule Stories, Gyroscope Review and So It Goes.
Find Lynn at: https://lynnwhitepoetry.blogspot.com and https://www.facebook.com/Lynn-White-Poetry-1603675983213077/
