{"id":2786,"date":"2023-11-26T20:28:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=2786"},"modified":"2023-11-27T22:42:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T22:42:57","slug":"an-incomplete-love-song","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/a-poems\/an-incomplete-love-song\/","title":{"rendered":"An incomplete love song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> An incomplete love song<br \/>\nby cricketjeff on May 28, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved<br \/>\nWhen she came to me at midnight, with a smile upon her face,<br \/>\nWhen she showed me what she thought about our love.<br \/>\nWhen she came to me at midnight and her smile was all she wore,<br \/>\nThen I knew that we would need no sleep tonight.<\/p>\n<p>     And my lover is my lover and she loves me for my self<br \/>\n     And my lover is a lover who can smile.<br \/>\n     When we spend all night as lovers we are sure that we won&#8217;t sleep<br \/>\n     But we&#8217;ll spend the night the way that lovers do.<\/p>\n<p>For she held me in her arms and then she kissed me tenderly,<br \/>\nFor she knew that I was ready for her love,<br \/>\nFor she held me in her arms and with her eyes she stripped me bare<br \/>\nAnd I knew that we would see no sleep tonight.<\/p>\n<p>     And my lover is my lover and she loves me for my self<br \/>\n     And my lover is a lover who can smile.<br \/>\n     When we spend all night as lovers we are sure that we won&#8217;t sleep<br \/>\n     But we&#8217;ll spend the night the way that lovers do.<\/p>\n<p>When she came to me last midnight and I took her to my bed,<br \/>\nWhen she came to me and bad me come to her.<br \/>\nWhen she offered me her body and the pleasures it could grant<br \/>\nThen I knew that I would need no sleep tonight.<\/p>\n<p>     And my lover is my lover and she loves me for my self<br \/>\n     And my lover is a lover who can smile.<br \/>\n     When we spend all night as lovers we are sure that we won&#8217;t sleep<br \/>\n     But we&#8217;ll spend the night the way that lovers do.<\/p>\n<p>Then I kissed her and caressed her and I used her for my own,<br \/>\nThen I held her as I entered her with love,<br \/>\nThen I kissed her where I wanted her and I nibbled her and bit<br \/>\nAnd we knew that we would need no sleep tonight.<\/p>\n<p>     And my lover is my lover and she loves me for my self<br \/>\n     And my lover is a lover who can smile.<br \/>\n     When we spend all night as lovers we are sure that we won&#8217;t sleep<br \/>\n     But we&#8217;ll spend the night the way that lovers do.<\/p>\n<p>And she rode me like a harlot and I urged her to her ride<br \/>\nAnd she rode me to the climax of her joy<br \/>\nAnd she rode me like a harlot and I joined her at the peak<br \/>\nAnd I knew that I would need no sleep tonight.<\/p>\n<p>     And my lover is my lover and she loves me for my self<br \/>\n     And my lover is a lover who can smile.<br \/>\n     When we spend all night as lovers we are sure that we won&#8217;t sleep<br \/>\n     But we&#8217;ll spend the night the way that lovers do.<\/p>\n<p>Then I rode her like a Hussar and I charged he with my lance,<br \/>\nThen I rode her on the final charge of war,<br \/>\nThen I rode her like a Hussar and she died upon my sword<br \/>\nAnd she knew that she would need no sleep tonight.<\/p>\n<p>     And my lover is my lover and she loves me for my self<br \/>\n     And my lover is a lover who can smile.<br \/>\n     When we spend all night as lovers we are sure that we won&#8217;t sleep<br \/>\n     But we&#8217;ll spend the night the way that lovers do.<\/p>\n<p>As the small hours got much larger we lying arm in arm,<br \/>\nAs the small hours saw us joined in act of love,<br \/>\nAs the small hours turned to morning we were loving still as strong<br \/>\nAnd we knew that we would have no sleep tonight.<\/p>\n<p>     And my lover is my lover and she loves me for my self<br \/>\n     And my lover is a lover who can smile.<br \/>\n     When we spend all night as lovers we are sure that we won&#8217;t sleep<br \/>\n     But we&#8217;ll spend the night the way that lovers do.<\/p>\n<p>When we&#8217;d used each others fully and we&#8217;d loved the night away,<br \/>\nWhen my lover still was wearing just a smile.<br \/>\nWhen we&#8217;d used all that wanted to and our night, at last, had died<br \/>\nThen we found that we had had no sleep last night.<\/p>\n<p>     And my lover is my lover and she loves me for my self<br \/>\n     And my lover is a lover who can smile.<br \/>\n     When we spend all night as lovers we are sure that we won&#8217;t sleep<br \/>\n     And we spent the night the way that lovers do.<br \/>\n Author notes<br \/>\nThis is for &#8220;the erotic challenge&#8221; a song that doesn&#8217;t rhyme.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t say I am happy with it, but I have two different tunes that it fits<br \/>\nperfectly and it actually works better sung than recited, which has to be the<br \/>\naim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An incomplete love song by cricketjeff on May 28, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved When she came to me at midnight, with a smile upon her face, When she showed me what she thought about our love. 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