I Want to See You

I want to see you
To feel your skin in my hands

I want to feel your lips on mine
To see your smile and hug me

Caution leads me
Keeps me from running to you

I no longer fear being hurt
I fear your indifference

Chosen Words

I could never burn my words
Let them fly away
Disappearing into the smoke

These words
All my words

Are chosen
To be written

To exist

Like me

Place a hand on my chest

Listen to the beat of my heart

Place another on my arm

Running fingers down my skin

Know these feelings of touch

Are solid

My body, my presents

Is still here

Recognition in loyalty

Could be a mutual understanding

A place to run, to hope, to be safe

Somewhere with us

I question your loyalties to my skin
Even as it lays beneath you

A warmth paralleled by a comfort
Only found in heated bodies

I will only hold tighter
As your new direction leaves me behind

And a question of remembrance
Frightens me