Whispered Promises

By McLord Selasi

Your voice carries through the evening air
like honey spilled on velvet dreams,
each syllable a tender prayer
that mends my heart's forgotten seams.

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I trace the outline of your smile
in morning light that softly gleams,
and lose myself within the while
of all your sweet and whispered schemes.

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The way you laugh becomes my song,
a melody I've memorized,
in quiet moments, all day long
I hear it echoing, surprised

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that something beautiful as this
could bloom between two beating hearts,
sealed with the promise of a kiss
that never ends, that never parts.

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Your hand finds mine in crowded rooms,
an anchor in the swirling night,
while all around us, passion blooms
in shadows dancing in moonlight.

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We speak in glances, write in touch
the poetry of slow romance,
where every breath means just that much—
we're lost inside love's sacred dance.

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When morning breaks across your face
I see forever in your eyes,
and know that in this tender space
we've found our own small paradise.

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So let me be your whispered name,
the secret that you softly keep,
the gentle burning of love's flame
that follows you from wake to sleep.

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McLord Selasi is a Ghanaian writer, poet, public health researcher, and performing artist. His work explores identity, memory, and our deep connections to the world around us. His recent works have been accepted for publication in Our Poets for Science, Subliminal Surgery, Poetry Journal, Eunoia Review, The Nature of Our Times, Graveside Press, and elsewhere. Connect with him on X (@MclordSela64222).