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staring at you when you breathe asleep
by Steven Kenworthyi thought about kissing you for breakfast
i thought about how
is it thinking or acting or thinking that has brought me
here
right here
to be in a position to be thinking about
kissing you for breakfast, wrapped you
your sleepy grin beaming
i'Â’ll tell you love,
last night i dreamt with the gates
to steer the ship more straight
thomas teased about my hands,
the struggle to scrape off the dirt
you find a way to glow beneath
and when i asked Him to take us both
in seeing more than one set of footsteps
perhaps three it lays there obvious
we need to carefully fix the thing to sing
& walk, sometimes run, sometimes fly
in the morning my palms across your skin
making a small sound
for breakfast
your sleepy grin beaming
ten years forty,
"a thousand years from now
i wonder if they'll wonder how the world looked
to you & me"
your eyes are more warm. have the islands
rearranged? in sleepwear in the hot sea
dreams lie well awake sandy eyes say
"i love you & that just can't change".
04/27/2008 Author's Note: if you faint in reverse then what just happened
Posted on 04/28/2008
Copyright © 2026 Steven Kenworthy
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Frankie Sanchez on 04/28/08 at 07:25 PM i want to feel this way about another human being. |
| Posted by Christina Bruno on 04/29/08 at 03:10 AM i am always so moved by your words. they completely encapture your feelings. amazing |
| Posted by Laurie Blum on 04/29/08 at 01:21 PM Sweet love for breakfast, a great way to start every day! You illustrate the emotions so eloquently with this poem SK. |
| Posted by Nanette Bellman on 04/30/08 at 06:45 PM This poem is beautiful. These are things that everyone wants to feel but are so scared to admit to that kind of vulenrablity. |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 05/01/08 at 02:45 PM I have enjoyed reading this again and again over the past few days. Many, many fine lines here. Thank you!! |
| Posted by Quinlan L Gibson on 05/02/08 at 05:35 PM I'm LOVING "kissing you for breakfast" a softly sensual sentiment. This is delicious! |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 05/03/08 at 08:24 PM A truly memorable romantically charged piece of writing SK. One of those timeless poems that will be read, related to...and enjoyed centuries from now. This stanza particulary stole my heart: in the morning my palms across your skin
making a small sound
for breakfast
your sleepy grin beaming
ten years forty,
“a thousand years from now
i wonder if they’ll wonder how the world looked
to you & me”
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| Posted by Frankie Sanchez on 05/05/08 at 07:27 PM my original comment "i want to feel this way about another human being" might come off as too vague a response, what i meant to say was that i want to be affected by a person in such a way that generates the ability to describe them (us) in words as delicate and true as these. you nailed it. no pun intended. great work; as per usual. |
| Posted by Mo Couts on 07/24/11 at 09:47 PM "I thought about kissing you for breakfast" sealed my love for this gem! |
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