Leftover smoke

Because it isn’t

always a given -

the pleasures of perfume -

I have breathed you in

through my heart

and skin,

through underlying veins

and every other sense

that zithered to life

when you ambled in.

When this whole

is once again

reduced to ash and dust,

what will rise -

no part of me –

but yours first and last

a faint thread, a residue

that’s yours, and only you.

I am not very good totally terrible at the hearts and chocolate and flower type thingies, so I am going with the less spectacular, sometimes acrid even, ways of celebrating this month. The mundane, the routine, the not so noticeable that actually fill our lives with joy and beauty, as a commenter remarked in my previous post.

And I want to just quickly mention that I am back at Write...Edit...Publish... on Wednesday 15th, where the prompt is 'Back of the Drawer' and can be as Valentine-y, or not, as you want.  Here's the list, looking forward to some super fun, definitely not something I'd want to keep in the back of the drawer :)

FLASH FICTION, POETRY, NON-FICTION, PLAYSCRIPTS, ARTWORKS, PHOTOGRAPHY...

1. SUBMIT your name to the Inlinkz list below NOW if you wish to participate
2. CREATE your entry according to the theme - February - Back of the Drawer. More info here
3. EDIT your entry until it sparkles.
4. PUBLISH on your blog on February 15, 2017 or earlier.
5. STATE FEEDBACK PREFERENCES (full critique to general comments)
6. READ & COMMENT this is key to the success of WEP

Open to all genres - Fiction works can be - Adult, YA, MG. All entries maximum 1,000 words or thereabouts.

 PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT WHEN LINKING UP. 

1.	Denise Covey - DL	9.	Olga Godim - DL	17.	Arpan Ghosh - DL
2.	Yolanda Renee - DL	10.	Hilary - DL	18.	Toi Thomas - DL
3.	L.G. Keltner - DL	11.	Pat Hatt - DL	19.	dolorah at Book Lover - DL
4.	Nilanjana Bose - DL	12.	Linda Katmarian - DL	20.	Pat Garcia - DL
5.	Debbie D. - DL	13.	N. R. Williams - DL	21.	Sally - DL
6.	Sheena-kay Graham - DL	14.	DG Hudson - DL	22.	Laura Clipson - DL
7.	J Lenni Dorner - DL	15.	Jen Chandler - DL	23.	Roland Yeomans - DL
8.	Far Awayy eyes - DL	16.	Kalpanaa - DL

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