Eloquent words
falling
from the mouth of a man
make it hard not to notice the
beauty
o f h i s f a c e
As fibres stretch and pull to form
a smile
Or while brows knit together.
It is everything I can do to hold off the
burning
Under my skin –
The burning
impulse
To reach
for
his
hand
Or lean in closer.
The scent of his cologne simulating a false distance
Between us.
Twitching in my topmost disc urges me over,
Closer.
Just
a
few
inches.
C l o s e r.
With each minuscule
snap
Of the tissue lining the very tip of my spine
I find myself unable to maintain
The position that I have.
Giving in to the abductor that had been
y e a r n i n g
To
break
a w a y ,
My neck twists
To the right
While my conscious mind
U r g e s
The adductor to take over.
WORDS TO KNOW
Fibres – thin pieces that form muscle and nerve // Disc – round, flat cartilage between back bones // Abductor – muscle that moves a body part away from normal positioning // Adductor – muscle that moves a body part back to normal positioning