Cautious
I Am Patient
So Just Kiss Me
Too Many Nights
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Cautious       [ to top ]

You don't call

          anymore
You say
it hurts
          too much
your heart
like one of
those
          fragile cactus flowers
cast amongst
thorny ribs

So be ready
to be
hurt.

I Am Patient       [ to top ]

I am patient
but do not push

for it is silently
my heart will break
one night
          and with no words
you will find me gone
come morning

So Just Kiss Me       [ to top ]

So just kiss me and let my hair
messy itself in your fingers

tell me nothing needs to be done-
no clocks need winding

There is no bell without a voice
needing to borrow my own

instead let me steady myself
in the arms

of a man who won't ask me to be
what he needs, but lets me exist

as I am

          a blonde flame
          a hurricane

wrapped up
in a tiny body

that will come to his arms
like the safest harbor

          for mending

Too Many Nights       [ to top ]

It's been
too many nights
          of being with

to now be suddenly
without

Traffic       [ to top ]

Throw yourself
into the traffic of
his desire
          unpredictable
          red sports car
no helmet in hand
your heart a potential
red smear
in the hindsight of
his rear view mirror

You       [ to top ]

You with your
          gentle lightning
spinning like Orion
          full of muscle
and all the patience
          of stars
Hooked upon the pinnacle
          of a desire
that arrests
          itself
caught on the cross wires
          of what could be
my mind turns to you
          A pinhole of light
          that softly hums
          and murmurs
whose blurry edges
          beg to come into view