Taking the plunge

[Delta40]

I've been baking sweets
in my dreams again,
as if I yearn
to be nourished.
Cherries and chocolate,
pleasurable romance,
indulgent sensuality.
You loosen my apron strings
as if to free me
from kitchen drudgery.
I light a cigarette
and feel the heat rise.
Smoke rings act as signs
that intimate occasions
make me anxious.
I flee the kitchen, choking
along the winding path
of a gusty cliff edge.
You pursue me
and dare to laugh at my fear
as I teeter on the verge.
I ponder your reckless choice
to take the plunge without thinking.
I always wake before you land.
Cool and still, you lie beside me.
Cherries and chocolate
remain my eternal leap of faith.
I go back into the kitchen
and tie the knot of my apron.

[Jerrybaldy]

Love it Delta. One of my favourite ever Delta productions. Loved the smoke ring signal and all the imagery throughout. Also loved that you woke before he landed rather than yourself. Did I mention I love it ?? :D
Jerry

[hillwalker]

I like the symbolism of the untied aprons strings - unfastened by a dream-lover (possibly?) releasing the inner-you where chocolates and cherries rather than hearts and flowers inhabit your fantasy - then you wake to reality and re-knot the strings yourself.

Wonderfully well-woven metaphor and a gem of a piece.

H

[PrinceMyshkin]

"lay" should be 'lie' but otherwise how this flows! Indeed, how it flows! I wondered should it be "tie" or 're-tie' the knot of my apron?

[Delta40]

Jerry - You're my biggest fan ever! Thank you

Hill - I made a slight edit on the apron and hope this makes it more effective

Prince - I edited lay to lie but I'm not sure about re-tie. I have thought about : and tie the know with my apron as if to suggest this is marriage. What do you think?

Thanks everyone kindly for your comments.

[Haunted]

An aphrodisiac of a poem. Well done Delta.

[Delta40]

The chocolate does it everytime Haunted!