She talks to you
of birds
and butterflies.
She holds a wren's egg
in the middle
of her pink palm.
You touch
the fragile egg shell,
the sensation
of your finger
on the smooth shell,
her skin inches
from the tip
of your finger.
She moves the egg
in her palm
to show the blue shell;
you watching
her finger move,
wishing she
would move
with yours,
or hands holding close
against her thigh,
looking eye to eye.
Jul 20, 2019
Jul 20, 2019 at 1:41 PM UTC
She talks to you
of birds
and butterflies.
She holds a wren's egg
in the middle
of her pink palm.
You touch
the fragile egg shell,
the sensation
of your finger
on the smooth shell,
her skin inches
from the tip
of your finger.
She moves the egg
in her palm
to show the blue shell;
you watching
her finger move,
wishing she
would move
with yours,
or hands holding close
against her thigh,
looking eye to eye.
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