BARBARA EHRENTREU

BARBARA EHRENTREU

HOW DOES LOVE START?

Love begins like a tiny drop

falling from a leaf

it’s a spark you never

knew lived in you

coming alive for the

first time as a newborn

as open and raw as a baby

eager to push forward

and its energy increases

pulsing through your body

and brain flicking switches

you never thought you had

as it flies merrily around

and sprinkles sparkles in

your heart that radiate

to all parts through your

veins and arteries they

course until they reach

your mouth and you smile

and yearn for your lover’s

smile and linger on the

thought of those lips

covering yours and your

body doesn’t behave

it keeps pushing for

more and more touches

and those sparkles leap

into your eyes when you

see your lover and your

eyes refuse to leave

your lover’s face for

fear of never seeing

it again for love has

the mind of a toddler

and must be fed until

you are so filled to

the brim with desire

and sparkles fly

everywhere as you

feel the sap as if you were

touched by magic and

suddenly transformed into

an all-consuming creature

eager for only one thing

your lover and their touch

Copyright 2016 by Barbara Ehrentreu

Originally published in You’ll Probably Forget Me: Living With and Without Hal

THE MOMENT I FELL IN LOVE

No one prepared me for

The moment when all reason

flew away and logic dissolved

A wanton unknown girl

emerged as your lips touched mine

and your mouth formed an allegiance

as mine surrendered engulfed by

those two soft soldiers who

pressed their flesh onto my soul

I knew when you held me close

and I wanted to melt into you,

this was destiny

planting its mark on my lips.

Copyright 2016 by Barbara Ehrentreu

Originally published in: You’ll Probably Forget Me: Living With and Without Hal 

LOVE’S MEMORY

Love is amorphous

envelopes you in its

tantalizing net and

captures you until

all you were before

has disappeared and

you are reborn as a

loved one and a lover

your mind like a trained pointer

honed on the one you love

and you are a vessel

carrying that lovearound with you

doling itout moment to moment

as if it were a precious commodity

meant to be secreted away

in a safe place

and sprinkled

ever so gently

over the one you love

and you continue in

this fashion until

oneday he is taken from you

and you explode

the love flows everywhere

and you know you no longer

need to hold onto this love

for your loved one can

no longer feel your touch

yet it spreads overall

and seeps into your life

in memories fashioned

from the remnants of the love

youonce held inside of you

memories that keep you

close in his arms

in a phantom hug

with rememberedtenderness

and you feel it

as if you were still

in yourlover’s arms

and he were holding you tight

instead of the transparency of the dream

copyright 2015 by Barbara Ehrentreu

 

MY SOUL (A TRITETRA)

My soul sought your heart and soared

when your lips brushed mine briefly

A moment divine as souls entwined

Beginning our dance of love

My soul soared to your heartstrings

lost in the wonder of you

that moment sublime for all time

Beyond the distance of years

My soul leaped into your life

Eager for the adventure

Unsure of the ride melting inside

We careened in a wild scene

Now my soul lies in pieces

and you are no longer here

Away from me under the sea

And memories linger long

Copyright 2016 by Barbara Ehrentreu

BARBARA EHRENTREU

BARBARA EHRENTREU : A retired teacher with a Masters degree in Reading and Writing K-12 and seventeen years of teaching experience lives with her family in Stamford, Connecticut. She has been a Staff Editor for 4RV Publications for six years. She has edited both children’s and adult works. Her young adult novels:If I Could Be Like Jennifer Taylor and After are published by MuseItUp Publishing. A poetry book in memory to her husband: You’ll Probably Forget Me: Living With and Without Hal was published by Wildfire Publications. Her romantic short screenplay won First Prize and Runner Up this summer at film festivals.