Unrequited Love #2: The Poem
Loving you is like having a left hand only Aimlessly pursuing balance in my being. You're spread on my lips spoken fluently like a prophecy, Stammers broken to syllables Gratifyingly belched in mystery. I tithe you in the treasury of my tent, Put you to sleep silently in my larynx, With my lips bolted for you not to be spoken through the gap in my teeth Yet you escape in my breath, Assaulting the the walls of my nose. Your smile confiscates my reasoning My mind imprisoned for treason. I roam around your length Stopping at the oasis of your smiles Sipping from the fullness of your lips Yet I'm spurned like a phlegm from your gut, A secret not to be kept. I roam in your belly but you call me an ache Driven out by your endless 'sorrys'. I hinged on the walls of your nose To learn to live, breathe, release Only to be broken away from the anus of your thoughts, a malodorous fragrance. Haven't I slept outside your gated thoughts Out in the co...