my words

adrift, adieu — chapter 6 — losing touch

with tear-tracked cheek
and tear-stained eye
you drift on a receding tide
the prevailing wind
taking you away
pulled away
adrift
from me
i watch you
unable to recall you
to me
unable to reach you
unable to take hold
of the past
as you slide into
a different future
i watch you
unable
but not unwilling
still wishing
still wanting
now missing
you
even your words
are tossed on the wind
carried with you
not to me
leaving only
old echoes
and word ghosts
in my heart

…sheltersky

reaching for a ghost — chapter 5 — losing touch

your words
thinner and lighter
my hands reach
but cannot grasp
you through them
desire, that hot weight
once deep within
now floats
on whispers
the space between
words
letting in more light
leaving out
the weight
i dream you
in reruns of hunger
dreaming dreams
that have been
but your words
stretch thinner
faint echoes of
our dreams

…sheltersky

sculpting reality — chapter 3 — losing touch

The sun rises
the fog burns away
your kiss
your touch
the feel of you
against me
beneath me
moving with me
fading phantom
of the night
I need to taste
your kiss
your heat
I need to smell
your hair
your desire
I need to feel
your hand
your hunger
I search through
days and times
plans and schemes
asking you
may i
will you
can we
suggesting ways
and means
My hands chiseling
at the stone of days
chipping at the edges
of reality
but am i sisyphus
or icarus
as the clock hands
move

…sheltersky

striving — chapter 2 — losing touch

Those dreams
Desires in ghostly form
My eyes closed
my fingers reach
and touch
nothing real
I wake bathed
in hunger
my body calling
for you
needing you
unable to reach you,
touch you,
take you,
tease you,
When i wake,
hunger unabated
my bones burn
for you
I need to see you
face to face
I need to hear you
lips to ear
I need to take your hand
in mine
take your hips
in my hands
press my lips
against your skin
and make you moan
My body calls out
to join with yours
and I wonder
what would happen
in the real world

…sheltersky

run, to me — chapter 10 — runaway, desire

if i cannot come
to you
come to me
Let us be
together
in a far off place
Walk away
from it all
now
Run away
from it all
now
Come
to me now
Sitting in the air
hope swelling
in my heart
the wish echoing
in my head
Will you be there
as you said
Will you meet me
as you said
I have our room
in the 5th
i said
Meet me
be with me
run to me
Lets run away
to the end
Together

should i — chapter 9 — runaway, desire

if i show up
if i send you a note
from the bar
would you join me
for a drink
just a drink
just a chat
face to face
would you
run to me
on first sight
would you
kiss me hello
would you
throw your arms
around me
will you
let me hold you
for a moment
close and warm
my lips against
your ear
whispering
i want you
would you join me
for a drink
and maybe more
if i just show up
should i
come for you

…sheltersky

getting together — chapter 8 — runaway, desire

to be there
beside you
with you
in our flesh
my fingers
my lips
my hips
call out for
a different reality
hours in the air
to be there
beside you
for a drink
for some talk
or to really
have your body
against mine
our hips in motion
taking you
as i want you
over and over
again

…sheltersky