Speak loudly, clearly:
Today I touched you
A daydream of salted skin
And heat hoarded from the sun
I felt the thump, thump, thump
Of your dancing blood vessels
All in time
Feet kicking, stomping one after the other
And the smell
As your hair became my lungs
As the air in my air became me
Whisper now:
Today I flinched as you quivered
At my unexpected hand
Reaching for something it knew not what
Electric to my tongue
A peach in summer and soup in fall
Slurping the crannies and valleys of your neck
Sweet and savory
Your salted skin
Rough against my tongue
Electric to my teeth
Today I touched you
Your heat, your smell
Will haunt my sleep