Entendres

In candlelight's warm sway, a whispered game they played,

Across the table, eyes that sparked, desires unafraid. 

His words, a silken thread, with subtle meanings dressed, 

"The wine, a velvet touch, a secret it confessed."

Her laughter, light and bright, a tinkling counterpoint, 

"Indeed, it speaks of stories whispered, hearts that joint."

Their hands, they brushed by chance, a fleeting feather's fall,

Sending shivers down their spines, a current felt by all.

He spoke of hidden depths, where moonlight dared to gleam, 

"An ocean's secret song, a mystery to dream." 

She countered with a smile, the sun upon her face, 

"A hidden garden blooms, where only sunlight's grace."

His gaze, a lingering tease, upon her lips did rest, 

"A poem yet unwritten, waiting to be blessed." 

Her voice, a gentle sigh, returned the playful glance,

"Each verse a stolen glance, a whispered, sweet romance."

The air grew thick with tension, unspoken feelings spun, 

A dance of wit and charm, a battle just begun. 

No hand reached out to touch,

no word dared cross the line,

Yet hearts beat fast, desires danced, in this unspoken rhyme.

The game went on, a waltz of souls, beneath the candle's gleam, 

A promise whispered on the breeze, a future in a dream. 

For in that shared exchange, where hidden meanings played,

Two souls had met, two paths aligned, a flame silently swayed.

Unlikely Buddha 2024