Woke Up To The Chill Of Fall (starbracelet) wrote in poeticdevice, @ 2003-08-26 22:53:00

Posted by our talented anonymous writer in the comments under my last poem...

please assure me you are real (pleasure)

this moment is forever preserved in my mind
as a final chance to embrace the future.
i watched you fall asleep
and a part of me crawled inside you
to remain hidden and loved and alive.
when we touched,
it was often and simple and right
and your laughing eyes and soft smell
overcame me, until i was a part of you.
my fingers touched
your hair, your hands, your lips, your feet,
the small of your back and the nape of your neck
allowing time to stop.
everything i felt was you,
and all that you cared to know was me.
until, then
the darkness broke into morning
and we broke into two pieces again.
i watched you stir, and awaken
knowing that as always,
we would pretend we had forgotten
what it felt like to be together
what it felt like to connect, and not be alone
when death and tomorrow were both far, far away
and life was today;
here and now and me and you.
in this moment, my body aches for yours
in a way that is sad and lonely and wistful
i remember how it felt to belong inside of you
where only your heartbeat rang true
and all that was painful to me had disappeared
leaving only
our warm bodies and clammy hands
quick glances and darting eyes
loud laughter and comfortable movements
but most of all
the way you would say my name,
fondly,
as if you knew exactly what it was i needed.
as if you knew that tomorrow and the next day
held another touch
to push me back inside of sanity.

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