I flutter in anticipation
Trace feathers on my skin
Excitement trapping my breath
I breathe your name and inhale your vitality
I'm high and stupid
For I have broken and been broken
And yet...

And yet I dare to trust
to believe
to hope
That there is something good in this life after all
Something inexplicably beautiful
I fell into your poem
Saw myself in your words
And I wonder:
am I that transparent?
Do you see me -
all that I am, all that I could be?
But how could you,
our time is an infant...

Still, I know that you do see something
Perhaps something beautiful despite
The grime of my flaws and the years of misuse
Perhaps you recognize a soul that would cherish your own
Someday, someday

I would like to say
he thought me beautiful
(heart, mind, body)
And it was enough
I would like to know
he found something in me
that he wanted to claim for his own
Someday...

My hopes are swollen clouds of desire
Drenching my thighs
Conquering my skin with dreams
And I would draw him in
wrap him close
If he would let me taste something
Beautiful
Someday

05/02/2006

Posted on 05/03/2006
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