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parts of a whole.

by Emily G Myers

i hear your voice
words slipping sliding
smooth river stones
my face against your skin
hot cinnamon radiating
that paper smell
old pages turning
and turning
and turning yellow

i fall victim to your perfection
blending fading pushing
into you
praying to become a piece of you

a limb
a ball & socket
a vein
a synapse

in this moment
i am nothing but yours
a lover a daughter a slave

your stone words
skipping my surface
sink heavily to the riverbed
and i curl into your silk skin
those pages flutter
and i slip into
the most comfortable sleep
content to be
just a part of you

12/04/2008

Posted on 12/04/2008
Copyright © 2024 Emily G Myers

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 12/04/08 at 06:45 PM

"your stone words skipping my surface sink heavily to the riverbed and i curl into your silk skin."--Such a great metaphor. Wonderful read.

Posted by Colleen Sperry on 12/04/08 at 07:11 PM

I have to agree with Gabriel .. I liked the same lines!

Posted by George Hoerner on 12/04/08 at 07:29 PM

Very well done. We are body parts and sometimes it takes someone to make us feel whole.

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