He tastes like lavender
feels like peppermint oil
on my skin
he is a combination
of warmth
and cooling air.
I am afraid
I will ask for too much
require
too much
hunger
for too much
that he will
leave
knowing
my desire
was more than
he could fill.
Tag: poetrycorner
Burn
There is pain
at the center of my chest
it reaches for cold,
anything to soothe the fire
you had no intention of lighting.
Tell me,
what is the antidote
to loneliness?
To rejection?
You do not reach out.
It hurts more than if
you’d simply write
to tell me
I am not the one for you.
I am burning, burning,
don’t you see?
Moments and meaning and time
swirling around,
wasted.
Wasted on
thinking of a love
that never began
or lasted
long enough
for it to burn.
Reflection
She says to me,
“You get to figure this all out.
What a beautiful
challenge to overcome.”
She suggests I look
not to the trauma
or the pain
but the fear.
Fear of being left.
Fear of being seen.
“You look through lenses
scratched and clouded.
You feel through fear.
Until you know your ground,
until you know
what you want
and expect nothing less,
you’ll continue to question.
You’ll continue to feel doubt.”
I look to her
tears decades old
decorate my face.
“So what now?”
She looks at me with
a knowing smile.
“You already know.”
Basket case
“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket,”
her mind instructs.
“But it’s such a nice basket!”
the heart pleads.
The Restless Crescent 