blush

Posted on January 14, 2023 by ceayr
artwork by phil burns

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blush

you are genteel
unfailingly polite
and I am neither

you always blushed
so easily and so prettily
at the slightest provocation
and I was always one to provoke

your cheeks glowed so brightly
and the colour darkened
as it crept down your lovely neck
like the sunset over the Firth of Clyde
and I was amused

you were a friend
well not even
rather the friend of a friend
and I had no thoughts of anything else

until one day
when you blushed
I noticed that your pretty knees
sitting so demurely side by side
became more rosy
and I wondered if that were a continuation

so I pursued you
my teasing softening to charm
and then seduction
and you succumbed
and I discovered that it was indeed so

I discovered also
that we were no longer
just friends of a friend
but something much deeper
and even more glorious
than your head to toe blush

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About ceayr

A Scot who has discovered peace in a small town he calls Medville on the Côte Vermeille, C.E. Ayr has spent a large part of his life in the West of Scotland and a large part elsewhere. His first job was selling programmes at his local football club and he has since tried 73 other career paths, the longest being in IT, with varying degrees of success. He is somewhat nomadic, fairly irresponsible and, according to his darling daughter, a bit random. So, nobody’s perfect.
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15 Responses to blush

  1. Lindsey's avatar Lindsey says:
    January 17, 2023 at 12:58 pm

    Perhaps you’ve shifted my romantic cynicism a little. Lovely words.

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    • ceayr's avatar ceayr says:
      January 17, 2023 at 1:22 pm

      What a sweet thought, Lindsey.
      A lady shouldn’t be cynical about romance, but optimistic.
      Smile, and dance, and blush a little…

      Reply
  2. Bridgette's avatar Bridgette says:
    January 15, 2023 at 7:58 am

    Oh, I think you’ve made us all blush 😊

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  3. Rosemary Lynch's avatar Rosemary Lynch says:
    January 15, 2023 at 5:51 am

    Beautiful poem, you certainly have a way with romantic words
    Lovely 🌹🥰
    Cute elephant too 🥰

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    • ceayr's avatar ceayr says:
      January 15, 2023 at 3:53 pm

      Y’know me, Frewie, me little ‘roo, I’m a dead romantic kinda bloke.
      But it’s a long time since a lady told me I have a cute elephant!

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  4. Doug Jacquier's avatar Doug Jacquier says:
    January 15, 2023 at 12:51 am

    Vintage, CE. ‘it crept down your lovely neck
    like the sunset over the Firth of Clyde’. A gem.

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    • ceayr's avatar ceayr says:
      January 15, 2023 at 3:51 pm

      Thanks, Doug.
      If you ever stand on Ayr beach, looking out across the Clyde to watch the sun slip behind the Sleeping Warrior, as we call the highest range on Arran, then you feel that ache in the heart that is a mixture of love and longing…
      Kinda thing!

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  5. jenne49's avatar jenne49 says:
    January 14, 2023 at 7:45 pm

    Beautiful romantic and delightfully mischievous!
    And I love the Elephant.

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    • ceayr's avatar ceayr says:
      January 14, 2023 at 11:21 pm

      The great thing about fiction, Jenne, is that anything can happen!

      AnElephantCant deny he’s cool
      although sometimes he’s just a big tease
      but once in a while
      a nice lady will smile
      and he blushes right down to his knees

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  6. Liz H's avatar Liz H says:
    January 14, 2023 at 4:25 pm

    Lovely how this poem creeps up liltingly and intensfies, to the final reveal! 💗

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  7. The Sicilian Storyteller's avatar The Sicilian Storyteller says:
    January 14, 2023 at 2:42 pm

    You do have an irresistibly devilish charm about you, C.E. ❣️

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