Awakening The Senses

Historical preservation
...moments in time 
held with highest regard 
Tourists flock like pigeons on the plaza 
Camera's long zoom lens
Nikon, Canon hanging 
around their neck
Focusing on the image 
The experience is captured
knowing its own mortality
But is the experience felt? 
Is it a deal breaking 
mesmerizing life altering 
electrifying source of energy
that ripples with intent up the spine
Waves of acknowledgement
triggering a brain freeze
with a wanting to preserve 
- the stirred raw emotions?
A bring you to your knees 
tear jerking thanking God 
beyond fucking words
beyond fucking grateful 
to be alive, to be here 
to be in this moment
- this very precise moment...now?
Walking in the footsteps 
of those so far outside
of our own comfort zone
a place so abstract
it doesn't even register
un - comprehensible 
Can't quite wrap your head 
around it...
Are those intoxicating moments
- absorbed?
The birthplace of the Renaissance!
Santa Maria del Fiore...The Duomo
Piazza della Signoria 
Bartolomeo Ammanati's Fountain of Neptune  
Palazzo Vecchio, 
Ponte Vecchio...locks of love
Architecture mixing it up 
with Medieval, Baroque
Neoclassical and modern

Dancing to a beat 
on their own time line

- their own drum 
Sounds vibrate and echo

all to the visitors delight

Da Vinci, Michelangelo, 
Cellini, Giambologna

A creative magical 
vitality consumed 

with each breath 
and step taken...back

Palazzo Pitti, Boboli Gardens

On and on 
endless stimulation

All filling the heart 
with anticipation  
awakening the senses 
to the possibilities
Exhaling with complete abandon
and the innocence of awe...

© 2015 TrilbyYates

I Long For You

The moon hangs low 
wrapping the night 
in a magical blanket 
of Florence city lights 
Off in the distance 
late night cathedral 
bells ring 
Roof top view 
overlooking 
the Arno River 
Lights glisten 
on the Ponte Vecchio 
Lovers walk holding hands;
a kiss and a photo op 
A lifetime of memories made  -
Locks of love 
tell their own story
Slowly sipping a glass 
of local Merlot
I wonder how many 
of those stories 
have stood 
the test of time 
A toast to you 
and yours 
and all that have come 
and gone before and after
 - Eyes wide with amazement 
I can't help but wonder...
What it would feel like, 
what would it be like 
to share such moments 
To point to the stars 
and make a connected wish
To share our favorite vino 
Chat about the days experience;
give and take
your perspective 
and mine intertwine 
What would I think 
if you held my face 
in your hands 
and kissed my mouth 
Whispering I love you bella 
Taking my breath away 
Stopping time,
earth moves;
all the cliches 
all the romantic poetic verse 
tossed together 
impacting my heart 
like a hurricane
- Roof top view 
overlooking 
the Arno River 
Lights glisten 
on the Ponte Vecchio
a rush of wind 
my emotions
are as clear
as the view
stars shine bright
above the city of Florence
and my heart knows
... I long for you 

© 2015 TrilbyYates