Open
Like the scent of orchids
Open
Like the whisper of baby’s breath
Open
Like
Sometimes I wonder why I love you
And remember the feel of your palm
As it moves up the inside of my
Thigh
My breath catching
Open
Like the way your lips travel
Around my navel
Causing thoughts of oceans to
Bloom
Open
Like losing myself your crevices
Trying to come up for air
But sinking deeper into the folds
Of your love
–
Sometimes the distances
Seem so insurmountable
The bridge between us
So narrow
A drop more perilous then
Death
But still
You open to me
Allow yourself to be
Vulnerable for me
Let me hold your heart
In my own flawed
Hands
To murmur sweet words
And study the road maps to the
Core of who you
Are
–
Sometimes all you need
is a love poem
Sometimes all you need
is that kind word
to remember your greatness
And sometimes all you need
are dreams and fairy tales
to survive
But
Most of the time
I need something more solid
Like the weight of your body pressed
Over mine
Or milk and honey spoon
fed under moon
light
Or that one time I had an asthma attack
And you came rushing
Held me close to your chest
And with your kiss
Made my heart
expand
–
Sometimes I wonder
Why you love me
Then I write a love poem
And remember