a moment and a day
a moment -
your presence lingers on my skin.
your fingers stroke at my heart.
my lips still tingle at the memory of yours
pressed up against mine.
i still smell you everywhere..
around me..
inside me..
and i wonder where else could feel like home.
your hand cupping my face
staring into my being
stirring pure joy..
completion.
your intoxicating,
beautiful face..
every moment of truth with you,
make me believe..
in you and me.
a day -
near to you i feel secure.
close to you i know your truth.
in your presence,
within reach of your touch..
your embrace,
i believe in the love between you and me.
away from you
i stumble and fall
as though the absence of you
is an absence of us.
the disconnect is persistent enough
for me to believe it isn’t imaginary.
and if i didn’t miss you so much already,
as it is,
then the voids of time would be easier to endure..
of that i’m sure.
February 13th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
the first thing that strikes of these lines are the pure simplicity of it, its like word-sushi. you have a clear and obvious fingerprint. the second is grace. there are other poems here of longing & love & loss but it seems as if the owners of those want to go kill themselves and roll around in the mess it leaves. This, on the other hand, makes you want to get up and go fall in love. ty, its gorgeous.
March 29th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
” and i wonder where else could feel like home”
xoxoxoxo
stella i love your work