sometimes i wish i were a photographer
because i would take pictures of everything
the beauty on the streets, the beauty
in the sky or the beauty in your eyes
when you said how much you loved
all the particles within me, coursing on
through their daily routines and the
tears i shed over fictional deaths and how
lovely i smell even before a bath but
a picture frozen in time will never feel
as real as touching you feels

cole 1/18/14