Wednesday, May 12, 2021

The Hug

 

So small a thing it is when analyzed

only comprised

of wrapping your arms around a torso.

We’ve done it a million times or so,

but then I thought to analyze it part by part

so yesterday while hugging you well

I thought of your heart

beating inside that shell

of ribs and sternum wrapped in flesh

softly compressed

against mine

and thought “So it’s that simple after all”

(Oh yes, and your mouth happens to fall

perfectly in line

for kissing.)


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The afternoon light

  The afternoon light on the resting skin of your belly as we lie afterward and talk is the first sunlight that has reached me in weeks.