affair the way the air this earlymorning smelled like the sunlifted it off her shoulder& blew me a kiss:night-crushed earthon her tonguelike she nibbleda piece of darknessjust for meI love her& sheknowsit
Tag: love
POEM A DAY – August 3
Keeping busyFor M to skirt the mind’s madness, to suit-up against the heart’s desire to think about what’s missing because everywhere you look, it’s possible that all you see is lack, loss, lustre-listless. ennui sounds delightful on the tongue but weighs the muscles like acid, lactic lackadaisical. listen to love songs to lavish the lashes,… Continue reading POEM A DAY – August 3
POEM A DAY – August 2
as I lifted my nose into a gust of wind I was thinkingthat if we couldjust lift the thing just lift if abovethe bodylet it hover show its flightshow its fightshow its might that we’d alljust be nakedand wouldn’t that be okay?for like, a briefmoment? if we could just bebags of boneswith a luscious brain,… Continue reading POEM A DAY – August 2
VANESSA SHIELDS 