Scent of Citrus

Dreams pensive she is
lulled to sleep
smell of citrus touching
from inside out
real enough to taste
juice flowing

On a summer breeze she
walks among orange groves
heady from the scent

Warm air pulling her down
among green grasses
where soon eyes are
heavy with sleep

While in the real world of
pillows and quilts a
window opens to the
night air gently whispering
her name in response
to her calling

Her dreams follow releasing
her again breath heavy
with scent of citrus

© January 2012 Renee Espriu

10 Replies to “Scent of Citrus”

    1. Thank You Trisha! I am glad you like what I’ve done…tried to do. I am not good at computers so this last year has been a year of trial and error. I did upgrade so I can do a little more. I do love citrus…perhaps because I was raised in California where citrus groves are everywhere and people have orange and lemon trees in their yards.

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  1. A lovely writing my friend
    Here in Mildura we have citrus groves and grape vines all around us
    The scent of oranges , mandarines and lemons fill the air at picking time
    and the supermarkets smell of fresh squeezed oranges , a lovely aroma
    You wrote well on the subject
    Ian aka Emu

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    1. How wonderful to have such as the scent of citrus all around you. Where I was raised in California there was much of what you speak of but here in Washington where I raised my children not so much…except maybe grape vines. Thank you for your comment.

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  2. loved that Renee, and the Scent from Oranges.. love them.. I also like your pencil sharp backgrown… I hope Renee that you have had a great first week to the new Year.. Wishing you Peace and Joy xx

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  3. The oranges look so inviting! I was amazed at the new look. Not so sure I like the sharpness of the pencils background. It seems to detract my eyes away from your writing somehow. I hope you don’t mind my saying that at all. Being honest.

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    1. Thank you for your suggestion, Bren. I have switched out the background to more plain colors that hopefully are softer and not so distracting. I was trying to bring in that part of me that is an artist but the new background colors, I believe, are very nice as well.

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