Time elapsed has been good to me
Past pains have diminished
Memories of laughter draw me back
Not for it all, but for the friendship.


Our conversations have been easy
No expectations or complications
Lines left uncrossed, flirtations tossed
For more serious communications.


Deceived by the distance and
Misled by my [fragile] armor of strength
I believe I can see you again
Without falling into your arms again.


We meet with an embrace
I feel a simmering warmth
Initially mistaken as just
The joy of seeing an old friend.


But, Your smile starts to sedate me
I am losing consciousness with reality
Your eyes have launched a stealth attack
On my logic and disarmed my sense.


My ears capture only silence
My eyes keenly focus on your lips
My mouth tastes your every word
I bite firmly upon my lower lip.


The heat now radiating is too intense
My clothes singe in the flames of desire
I am bare and breathless before you
Resuscitated only by your kiss and...touch.


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Quickly weakened in your presence
I am but an iron particle drawn in your magnetic field

It is now clear

It is in the distance and only in the distance
Where I am strong.


© Tina Thompson