melissaahowells
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i lie awake
and words rush in
making images from
our first conversation
me searching for sentences
shuffling speech
and feeling the weight of your eyes upon me
how odd to be observed
so closely
with keen interest
and feel its x-ray heat
to emerge from the shadows
in full view of someone's
deliberate gaze
disturbing me
in countless ways
a tsunami of pleasure
a tide to gather up my molecules
and the feelings of being wanted and
perhaps desired
to feel an ember glowing
building into a growing fire
to become another's poem taking shape
from the darkness
a melding of both
regard and vision
hitting me as its mark
oh to be something
sublimely
to someone someone
LEGAL COPYRIGHT FOR THIS POEM FEBRUARY 3 2022 2:29am PACIFIC STANDARD TIME
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MELOO STRAIGHT FROM HER TILT-A-WORLD
re-edited for clarity of metaphor 2/12/2022 6:29pm pacific standard time
and words rush in
making images from
our first conversation
me searching for sentences
shuffling speech
and feeling the weight of your eyes upon me
how odd to be observed
so closely
with keen interest
and feel its x-ray heat
to emerge from the shadows
in full view of someone's
deliberate gaze
disturbing me
in countless ways
a tsunami of pleasure
a tide to gather up my molecules
and the feelings of being wanted and
perhaps desired
to feel an ember glowing
building into a growing fire
to become another's poem taking shape
from the darkness
a melding of both
regard and vision
hitting me as its mark
oh to be something
sublimely
to someone someone
LEGAL COPYRIGHT FOR THIS POEM FEBRUARY 3 2022 2:29am PACIFIC STANDARD TIME
TIME AND DATE STAMPED AND ALSO FOR THIS POET MELISSA A HOWELLS
AND ALSO FOR THIS LEGALLY COPYRIGHTED AND REGISTERED SITE TITLE
MELOO STRAIGHT FROM HER TILT-A-WORLD
re-edited for clarity of metaphor 2/12/2022 6:29pm pacific standard time