My writing

In Sleep

I've never touched you
tasted the salt of your skin
Or felt your breath on my neck
as you whisper "I love you"s

But in sleep I do
I am lifted across oceans
And placed beside you
in the bed we'll share

Your body is my temple
to worship and explore
I lean into you
and suck the honey sweet suckle from your lips

My fingers dance along
the rise and fall of your chest
The motion hypnotizes me
and only you can rouse me awake

You touch my trembling hands
And lick each tip so deep
I imagine you can taste my marrow
and I beg you not to stop

The electricity of your skin
finds its way into every part of me
And warms the palces in me
once ice ridden and cold

Our heat is unbelievable
Pushing me to the edge of all that I am
You say the words that I long to hear
together we are eternal

And at that moment I awake
No longer in your loving arms
Just an empty shell of a woman
I need you to make me whole.

posted by Stolenswan @ 8:53 AM

Sunnydale
I leave my light on for you
A beacon of hope to guide you through the dark
You feel me call to your nature
From atop this cast iron hill
You've climbed higher but still regard this as your greatest feat
You approach my peak and come inside
It's so much warmer than you thought
Upon first sight I am not as you remembered
But my taste remains the same and reminds you of home
You begin to feel your body creeping towards sleep
"Come lay with me." you beckon
I reply with merely an embrace
Something tangible for you to cling to in a silent slumber
You hold me as if I am the key, the answer,
to everything you question.
You hold me so tight I can no longer breathe.
And so I walk
I walk as I have walked years before when my body refuses to let itself rest
I sing with each step
A simple melody to light my path through this treacherous wood
I know where I am going
Without an upward glance I know
I'll find my spot
Amid the wild flowers and the thorned weeds
I'll find that cold curve that holds me,
holds me like a childs crib. An empty rib.
I'll sit there and let the moon pour over me
While those tiny shards of light whizz past
When it becomes too quiet, or my eyelids become too heavy
I will venture back to you
Back to that suffocating love, that beautiful rhythm
"Sweetheart, move over." I'll whisper
You'll respond in a dreamed state by giving me my alotted space.
Arms outstretched, welcoming me home.
Though you don't know i was gone
You'll never know when or where I've gone.

posted by Stolenswan @ 11:01 AM