I enter your room
late at night through the window,
like a lizard —
nestle in the warmest crevices
of your body, totally still,
kiss the rich, strange smell of your sweat.
Midsummer, midnight.
The world has no corners tonight.
I travel over your body with small feet,
reach your heart. It beats beneath me,
drums against my pulse.
I shed tiny tears onto your skin.
You sigh in your sleep.
You whisper a name.
That was all I wanted to know.
I leave as quietly as I entered,
from your body onto the wall;
reach the window sill —
and freefall
into the suspended night.
© Nora Nadjarian
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Happy Valentine's Day 2010...
this is a stunning and imaginative poem. I especially love "The World has no corners tonight." lovely
Simply wonderful. "That was all I wanted to know." Nice.
"that was all i wanted to know" - a powerful center to this metamorphosis. love comes like a thief in the night, scaly. well built, too.
I love the mood here. "Midsummer, midnight." Everything really works beautifully.
Great work, Nora. Enjoyed the music of the lines here.
Neat. I travel over your body with small feet is a terrific line. Very nice.
Somehow this breaks my heart. I'm not even sure it intended to, but here I am heartbroken and thankful.
Somehow this breaks my heart. I'm not even sure it intended to, but here I am heartbroken and thankful.
Just beautiful, Nora.
'I travel over your body with small feet'. Wow.
Brilliant. The imagery is exquisite; the ending tales your breath away.
Oops. Takes your breath away!
Thank you all!