March 19, 2003 Gallery the other press
http://otherpress.douglas.bc.ca

Photo(graphic) Poetry/Fiction/Essays/etc.

Raw

through darkness come twin lights
relieved you're here, but our word
“trepidacious”

my head is screaming

i fly down the stairs, the hall, the lane, led by my heart
as my mind fights to slow me down

i see you first, in darkness, as you reach to the stars
my slippers scuff the road, and you grin

will it free me, or enchain me?

my heart pulls me—it would have pulled me

right inside you and through you—but i stop

as our belly buttons meet and your arms coil

im lost, i'm found as my heart

shatters my mind—victory

melting against you as you

love me to

into my room, nowhere to hide

my heart, a train

lying down you are leaning over me

now

we can gaze, see through each other—at least
you see through me

i see blue, my heart screams love

explosion fireworks tension release as you
lean close for a touch

a touch to start it all, spark to tinder

a kiss

iam consumed with heat

flame roaring in my ears

my heart is straining to break through my ribs
not enough that we are together—it

- wants to be inside you (let me meet his heart)—
Photo by Devon Lewis my body arching against yours

remnants of my mind whimper, knowing i'll be
taken

feeble no, but my heart screams yes

 

 

no words—more than words, the soft new touches

large adult hands roaming, skilled, seeking hidden spots

my child hands lie still

then tentatively touch warm love above—palms to ribs is enough
danger, the heat, sparks racing up my arms, heart full to bursting
kiss after kiss, im drowning into you

By Krista Zundel

 

 

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