If the world were to be,
a blossoming plum tree.
I would pick but one,
and that blossom, you,
I will hold, cherish and love.
By Justin.
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"I can not believe I have to re-write that love poem," Justin said as Rose laid the paper down. "I have a hard time writing a LOVE poem. I've never experiencedβ¦" Silence filled the room.
"Well Justin, perhaps he wanted, more. Look on the bright side, at least he is allowing you the opportunity to re-write it." Rose relayed as she brushed back her long black hair behind her shoulders, settled into her perched hands and began thinking.
Justin paced back and forth across the floor with nervous energy that mirrored his whirling thoughts. He ran his hand through his short sandy blond hair as if trying to bring the creative thought waves to life. Spinning on his heels as he turned and faced Rose.
"I have till tomorrow morning to come up with a poem that will bring my grade up to a passing level. What in the 'Hell' am I going to do?" His frustration showed in every muscle on his face.
"Come here," Rose said as she stood up and took Justin by the hand. She led him to the couch and sat, motioning for him to do the same.
Beams of sunlight flickered through the large living room windows as the trees outside swayed to the wind's touch. Filtering the rays that speckled the house with colors that illuminated the room in a reddish hue, which lit up the furniture as well as their faces.
"What do you see?" Rose asked. Her blue eyes stared directly into his brown pools of curiosity. His passion churned like a vortex of confusion. Holding tightly to restraint for he did not want to expose the feelings he had for her.
"The sun is going down and making the light sparkle red colors in the room," Justin said with a tone that questioned his correctness. Rose offered to help him write a poem for a passing grade and that should have been foremost on his mind but it was not. Her beauty sitting so close to him was the words that his heart was singing, as his lips moved, "β¦and I see you!"
"Mix what you see with what you feel, what do you feel?" Rose asked. She sat back a little more relaxed, examining Justin as a doctor would a patient. Looking for the proper treatment that would release the river of poetry from Justin that she was sure everyone posses.
"I can feel the warmth of the sun on my face?" Justin said.
"How does that make you feel?" Rose asked.
Justin wrestled with the words to describe how he felt about her that clashed with the thoughts of what to say in response to her question. "I feel β¦like I am going to fail."
Rose giggled at his reply as she reached down and took Justin's hand and pulled it to her chest. Opening up his fingers with hers and placing his palm directly to lie upon her left breast.
"Now, what do you feel," Rose said with a seductive smile. Her head tilted downward slightly in a giggle before she sat up straight and projected the seriousness of her teachings.
Justin's heart pounded so loudly he couldn't hear his mind's suggestions for the words to reply with. His hot palm lay molded around her firm breast as he thought about his finger's touch much more than what he was going to say to her.
"I feel your breast?" Justin said with uncertainty.
"Wrong answer," Rose said with a tone of disappointment. She gazed upward and around the room as if looking for the answer she was seeking. Justin's body and soul was focused on one thing. "I tell you what. We are going to play a game. I'll ask a question and every time you get it right, I'll remove an article of clothing. For every question you get wrong, I'll put something back on."
Justin's heart was rapidly pounding, his mind became a whirlwind of suppressed passion ready to explode into action. "Okay," he replied.