I said it before this is a beautiful conversation between the both of you

I saw there were a bunch of comments on his post, so I sauntered over to post mine on your post instead. Gotta spread the love evenly, ya know. This is a beautiful collaboration and I fully relate to the desert/oasis vibe. I once wrote a piece titled Shifting Sands for my sweetie. Maybe I’ll drop it here at some point too. It’s funny how a word or a phrase acts as a springboard and we’re off!

Thank you Crimsin:)
Mark and i have done a few collaborations but this one is extra special!
Have a wonderful Saturday!

Awwww. What an awesome comment.
Thank you for teaching me a new word!
That is exactly what Mark is for me!

Love like this doesn’t die—it just gets buried deep, waiting on stubborn hands to dig it back into daylight.
Your desert’s harsh, but the water’s still down there somewhere, whispering both your names.

Beautifully penned, Adel & Mark. What a lovely collaboration, really love the back and forth between you two, as in life and in love, your words also show your undeniable connection. Nicely done. Appreciate you both.

Damian

Dear A&M,

Two hands writing as one was inspirational to say the least. I found such hope in this write for those of us lost in the quagmire. I enjoyed how this write came to be and how we can create from a grain of sand from someone else’s sandbox and share. So many levels of metaphor, love, singular and joint thoughts. Loved the connection of the stanzas and how it was formatted in conversational style. Great piece! H🌷

Why thank you:)
When you get that eureka moment you gotta write it down before it vanishes!
I’m so happy you enjoyed our write.

Thanks for commenting!

You guys are like the dynamic duo of poetry, tight work Lady

Powerfully penned, Adel. Amazing write with nice word play my friend. Appreciate you.

Damian

“Just stick it directly into my neck and eyeball, doc!” I always said. Dental work makes for quality mental training at handling pain. It’s not just the pain, but the sounds of scraping, spit sucking, and smell of drilled bone. It can make for serious anxiety. But dentistry has come a long way….I coulda slept through that last root canal. Practically a massage compared to the one I had 20 years ago. I was kinda disappointed, really. I’d been dreading it all day. Seemed like a waste of perfectly good dread, tbh.

I just had two root canals but swallowed several jiggers of Novocaine.

I love this sigh floating away on a blueberry sky beautiful ❤️

Dear A,

Great piece. I enjoyed the parallel imagery of the sweet and the pain. I don’t like a lot of things but I especially don’t like people fiddling around in my mouth! I feel your anxiety. The good news, it’ll be over before you realize it and then bring on the sweets. Awesome formatting and refrain. “give me some of that
novocaine
make it sweet sweet sweet
like sugarcane” I intend to sing that for applicable situations. I’ll give you the street cred but that’s too delicious. Great write. H🌷

But it’s the sugarcane that got you in this predicament! My poor baby!
What a great rappish write you have here. It’s like you’re bringing some street cred to the dentist, as a warning to them. LOL
It’s going to be okay, you’ll see. And the payoff is worth it. You have a million dollar smile, so take care of it.
Oh and hey, what a great avatar pic you have! I wonder who just randomly took a facetime pic of you as they were talking with ya, and it turned out perfect! I know art when I see it, baby.

Hey you took some already today!!! As long as we continue to allow each other to say “delete it”, all is fair!

Cheat?! I have a better eye for awesome than you do. My fiance is way hotter than your fiance! So there’s me being right again…. lol

Hey Adelly. I have no cavities but I do have a tooth whose face fell off. Luckily it’s where you can’t see it. 🙂 My dentist died a couple of years ago, (he was in his eighties) he was great. He could give you a shot without you seeing it by holding his hand up a certain way. It never hurt either. Good luck with your fillings.

Ugh, I hate going to the dentist! It’s worse than going to the doctor for me. The bounce back and forth between Novocain and sweet was fun. The one led to the other 😂

The dentist and I have an agreement: he stays in his building and I stay in my building several miles away. It’s a good arrangement. As for your poem, I felt the sting of the needle when you got jabbed, but the Novocain felt cool going in. And I need to thank you for the fuzzy tongue that lasted about 2 hours. If, as I believe, poetry is supposed to make you “feel”, your poem succeeded wonderfully, Adelphina.
-Curt

Only a poet of your talent can make the prospect of a dental appointment into a celebratory playful delight. I loved reading this. The sing song rhythm just had me totally feeling it.

John

Hahaha, love the way that you saw and add a little comedy to the situation. Just relax dental is a part of overall health, simply twist one before your visit. Tight