(1.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I love<\/p>\n\n\n\n
when a single breath
transports me
to the back of my neck<\/p>\n\n\n\n
where your smile sits<\/p>\n\n\n\n
coaxing goosebumps
to the surface
of a benumbed river<\/p>\n\n\n\n
such is my skin
when devoid of your ardent glow<\/p>\n\n\n\n
where the love that your lips expel
shelters in solace
the nomad so discontented with flesh<\/p>\n\n\n\n
oh I love
how you transform
unspoken poems
into stepping stones<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and thus
keep me parted
from my present death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(2.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I love<\/p>\n\n\n\n
when life plucks at your ribs
and you bow your head back like a stork
as your belly swells with the warmth
of eddying laughter<\/p>\n\n\n\n
as if to stick it to the sun
that some human moths
prefer the burn of a more intimate orbit<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and I love
how you leave me scorched
but never lustful for a dusk
that just isn’t coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(3.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I love<\/p>\n\n\n\n
how you tesselate my bruises
with imprints of lipstick<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and finish my breaths
when they are nigh superficial<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I love<\/p>\n\n\n\n
how you never wish
on shooting stars
or any other wounds
that now bleed oblivion<\/p>\n\n\n\n
but whisper to every windswept dandelion
how you’ll dearly miss them<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I love<\/p>\n\n\n\n
how tender you tell the flame not to shiver<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and how each day you tame
the feral squalls of my rivers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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