Friday, May 24, 2024

Her fingers grip the glass (2014)


 

I never stop seeing it,

Her long fingers

Curled around the stem

Of a wine class,

Slowly lifting it

To her moist lips

Her dark eyes

Filled to the brim

With intrigue,

A mirror

Not to her soul

But a reflection

Of the world she sees

In which I’m contained

And ache to read,

It is always the same scene

If not the same bar,

A scene I dream

And dream again,

Her fingers gripping tightly

The stem of the glass

From which she drinks,

Clear nails on clear glass

As she sips clear wine,

Her moist mouth,

Full lips,

Before me

Like a goddess,

Always the same dream

A memory

I dare not forget

Her lips slipping

White wine

From the glass

She grips too tightly.

 


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