Wednesday, April 24, 2024

In the dark (2012-13)

  

In the dark

I grip it

Thinking you can’t see,

One hand with fingers

Spread around it,

Other hand holding the phone

With you on the other end

I grip too tightly

Until the tip turns red,

All decadent

Hard and throbbing,

An ache that makes

Me breathe harder, too,

Which I think

You might hear

Even in the dark,

Your ability to sense movement,

The up and down of it,

The pain that gets worse

Before it gets better,

Up and down,

While I dream of

In and out,

And you

On the other side.

 


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