Your smile inspires me
To write
I have already spoken about hearts
and their inability to affect other peoples hearts
I'll never go there again
But your smile
makes me smile
You've got dimples designed for sailing
kiss me
and we'll make a ship
big enough to break the bay
Brave enough the beach our bellies
to kiss new land
Smile so big you chew the tip of your tongue again
I want to make you laugh so hard
and so often
you have crows feet by the time you're 30
You are an ocean-throat whisper
of salty air
and sand that sticks to the bottom of my feet like a memory
the way my feet always remember how to land
to cushion the blow
Inside your smile are lists
lessons on living
that you might one day tell me
it's hard to talk when you catch wind like you do
I want to kiss the words out
taste your language
Run my thumb along the bottom crescent
curved first finger under your chin
Your smile is a language
anyone can learn
I can read your lips
At least I think I can read your lips
They always say kiss me
say
There is a secret hidden between these teeth
Tucked under this tongue
Buried in the back of this throat
Coax it out
I dare you
Secrets are prone to laughter
find safety in the crevices
of dimples designed for sailing
Tell me what it is
Your smile inspires me
To write
To kiss you
To mirror back your language
With my
Broken toothed
and ***** dimpled
secret
Your smile
I want to kiss it
Apr 14, 2012
Apr 14, 2012 at 3:52 PM UTC
Your smile inspires me
To write
I have already spoken about hearts
and their inability to affect other peoples hearts
I'll never go there again
But your smile
makes me smile
You've got dimples designed for sailing
kiss me
and we'll make a ship
big enough to break the bay
Brave enough the beach our bellies
to kiss new land
Smile so big you chew the tip of your tongue again
I want to make you laugh so hard
and so often
you have crows feet by the time you're 30
You are an ocean-throat whisper
of salty air
and sand that sticks to the bottom of my feet like a memory
the way my feet always remember how to land
to cushion the blow
Inside your smile are lists
lessons on living
that you might one day tell me
it's hard to talk when you catch wind like you do
I want to kiss the words out
taste your language
Run my thumb along the bottom crescent
curved first finger under your chin
Your smile is a language
anyone can learn
I can read your lips
At least I think I can read your lips
They always say kiss me
say
There is a secret hidden between these teeth
Tucked under this tongue
Buried in the back of this throat
Coax it out
I dare you
Secrets are prone to laughter
find safety in the crevices
of dimples designed for sailing
Tell me what it is
Your smile inspires me
To write
To kiss you
To mirror back your language
With my
Broken toothed
and ***** dimpled
secret
Your smile
I want to kiss it
First line donated by Nicole (Lady) Adams.
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