your beauty

your hair 
as tempting as candy 
I just want to reach out and touch it
smell it
pull it closer to me 
so you have to come closer too
your eyes 
like two pine forest floors in the summer 
with sunlight beaming through the branches
illuminating the wonderful 
deep world beneath the green feathered trees
a world where anything is possible 
and everything knows it
your fingers 
soft and delicate
I love your fingers
they're so slender and agile 
each one a tiny dancing ballerina 
across the dance floor of your keyboard
your laugh 
your real laugh 
like the twinkling of the stars 
and the singing of the songbird 
a laugh that cuts through the dampest of moods 
and makes me laugh with you
your smile 
made of sheer joy 
and the early morning dew on a rose bush
that spreads like butter on warm toast across your face 
and your heart warm like a summer day 
so warm that as soon as I see it
I know 
I'm gonna be ok 
your love as sweet as sugar 
and as flighty as a fairy 
so hard to catch. 

 

Inkpaw

VT

18 years old

More by Inkpaw

  • The Boxes In The Corner

    Looming over your shoulders

    Each stack higher than its former

    Every thought and every scrap

    Of an idea too scared to ponder

     

    Every moment that hurt

    Each minute that lingered longer

  • Inadequacy


    How do I push the words out
    From behind my taffy tongue 
    Thick with salty tears 
    And full of grubby thumb 


    I’m a child 
    Pretending that I’m numb 
    To escape the overwhelming feelings 

  • Paper Frogs

    Why

    When feet fall soft but quick 

    Does the hallway extend

    And the hot breath of whoever’s behind me feel hotter 

    Why do I stay pressed to the wall 

    Like a stubborn gruby sticker