The Skin of Us
A dream so real
I felt the blush
rise to your breast,
felt the places we were
joined
and my lips brushing down the skin
where your neck became your shoulder;
so real I knew the moment
you would fall into me,
the cool, wet friction of our shared skin
tumbled together.
And I awakened, shaken
by the half of me gone away,
the skin of us, broken away.
Come to me, again and
never go.
Keller's Pond
Then looking out across
the still surface of the pond,
I saw the knuckle of a trout rising
to skim no-see-ums from the air.
You squeezed my hand.
I turned to you
and to the warm breeze,
and down your cheek,
a shining line,
a tear dropped onto my hand.
I kissed you.
You found my underwater
in the quiet of that moment
on the shore of Keller's Pond
that summer night.
Emily Redux
Even uneven, wobbling,
wicked and wormy,
back then in the bottle,
I could feel some
faint and feathery notion
of electricity
in the air just above
Emily's cool skin.
I'm sober now,
seven months,
still mad to have
the taste of Emily and limes,
and let me touch her,
feel the yes of hands, again.
In a list
A contest entry
- Skin by Heart Sutra.
1000 points, ended May 6, 2008, 41 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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You already know you are a master of this world...
excellent!
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Just great
Your words come closest to the feelings almost like music; emotion barely encased and bursting from within almost a raw, physical sensation. What else remains to be said- just have to read them once more -
lovely poetry here ... i love that knuckle of trout ...and it continues in the 'to skim no-see-ums from the air' .... (the poem - all of it is gorgeous) .. and oh my Emily redux is fabulous .... love the premise and it is well delivered ... that last stanza is great ! so nicely done >>> Gina
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"You found my underwater
in the quiet of that moment"
So beautiful, it shimmers, my Friend. Gorgeous submissions, Scribe. If only everyone understood the depths of these words, the infinity that evolves & revolves within these lines. Good luck in Zayra's contest, Sweetie. 
Wanda
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