Let me walk from the edge of your smile
to travel across the border dividing
talk and the taste of your lower lip

Let me hike the soft landscape of your mouth
to explore the silent gap between
your sweet words and filthy thoughts

Let me step inside the inescapable gates
just to slip on your smooth tongue
and slide into that ***** mind of yours

I'm sleepless in your soothing arms tonight
Immortalizing this moment as I write;

I'm not sure
not quite
but I'll admit
It feels right

Now you go on
Singing the same love song
About some other one

You go on and on
And your words sound all wrong
As she begins to sing along

Still you go on
To get hurt by another someone

I will be safe in his arms
waiting for you

Will it be worth it
Writing you a poem
With these words
I can't even afford

This kiss is the last word tonight
It mutes your soft whisper
And the comfort of your voice
Leaving musings on my side of the bed

This noise of a thousand thoughts
It drowns out your breathing
And the silence of the night
As words toss and turn inside my head

This secret is locked in my heart
It veils all our untold stories
Like poetry behind closed eyes
Dreaming that it won’t remain unsaid

This evasion of verbal confrontation
It quiets the bemusing pieces
That would come out misshapen
Making unspokenness easier than regret