A Gilded Thing

So for The Weekly Knob I had a hard time deciding which one to submit. This is the one that was not submitted, but I’ll share it here. Hope you like it.

Evenings are full of smiles draped in

satin, lace, with starched shirts,

jewels sparkling as the champagne is poured.

Whispers sigh through the room in

beautiful accompaniment to the cigar smoke,

as fingertips touch and glances

drift to the side.

Slip of a thing glides through the room

averting her gaze to the floor,

slipping her secret lovers note

into her gilded silver box.

She keeps her secret smile in place

as she kisses the side of her

champagne glass.