1.
looks are blushes, the summer skies burning
across the curves of my cheeks;
something deep down inside stirs.
2.
'I want to get lost in the
mountains', you said, and i
immediately wanted to get lost
in your eyes.
3.
Electricity -
n.
that feeling of sudden power
coupled with the sting of vulnerability
that sets your nerves on edge
the first time he touches you.
4.
(the first time he touched me
i forgot what my hands
even felt before
they met his.
they struggled to let go)
5.
one day our eyes had
enough of waiting, our
hands got greedy for
naked flesh and we longed
for moremoremoremore.
6.
we never admitted it
not to each other, and
especially never to ourselves
but baby, you were my manna
and i, *the one who perhaps
could have.
7.
and to this day i have
not stopped longing
to wake up wrapped
around you, wrapped
in your arms,
iloveyou
lovelovelovelove
you.