a sense of skinagainst skinupon touchalong touchtracing linesframing curvestasting touch. A sense of skinsin withinto unleashto subsumeso sublimeto revealbe unleashed. … More
Tag: poem
abraid
(abraid) © Emmaleela
simmer
(and I sigh) touchtracing a linefrom lipsto neckdown shouldersarmsto fingersunder my breastsover my waistskimming my hipsbetween my thighslook in my … More
lace #2
© Emmaleela
lace
© Emmaleela
sat on your lap
**Merry Christmas** to everyone, all my readers, followers, supporters, encouragers, commenters and tiny mice that make it worth being here. … More
fruit
© Emmaleela
ghost
(something special for this time of years, a Halloween treat ~x) o, ghostyou enter mewhile I sleepand make me dreamof … More
dragging nails
dragging nailsdownand downacross my throatdownand downinspecting every hidden curveingesting every breathless wordevery limb beckoningevery inch offering; dragging nailsdownand downas fine … More
breath subsides
Touch,blind,a breath subsideslimbs entwinecombine to makea figment of a shapetwo forms castin naked skinin brevitythe shades of curvescollude within. a … More
salt
salt-encrusted skinsand betweenthe fingers and toesseawater dropletstrickling waveslap of a tidenowhere to hidepull me inpull me inpull me downpull me … More
slowly
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you know what to do
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what you want
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wrap
[the first stanza of my longer poem called “wrap (in four moves)”] © Emmaleela