A forehead under lips,
Under a chin;
Face to face, soft cheeks press each other
Back into chest they lean…
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A forehead under lips,
Under a chin;
Face to face, soft cheeks press each other
Back into chest they lean…
You feel to me like one who would not forget
Not forget me, not forget the little store up north
Not forget what I sent you
I forgot that for years
…
I’ve shown you all of my hungers
Now show me how you sow these hills…
Let instinct guide you
Take my hand in yours
Take my lines in your palms
Wrap yours in mine
I lie fallow
Waiting…
Our eyes are the only stars
Under this blanket of nighttime pitch,
Yet we find each other here again and again.
Our delicate selves touch firmly, surely,
Tracing our merging outlines each night
In my dreams
.
May 3, 2025
I turn your chair to face me
Press you into the back
Collapse onto you
In a trusting embrace
Breathing deeply, your cotton shirt
Feels so soft against my cheek
Smelling of safe comfort
And stable familiarity
…
One hand presenting to the gaze
Tracing careful teases
The other partially concealed
Buried in secrets…
bury yourself / in hidden places /
every forceful exhale / purging doubts /
…
I’ve been doing my best
through this weakness
this deformity
you know and appreciate this
and you’ve been so good
so generous and patient
with these damaged goods
…
I have no great preoccupation with romance.
I have no deep obsession with the physical satisfaction
that’s only a small, perhaps even optional part
of our experiences connecting us as human beings.
Some only care about interlocking body parts:
…