Embrace Impermanence

i want your fingers
to trace the curve
of my low back

as your tongue
on my skin

counts the goose bumps
between
my breasts

my lips part
a million forevers
sigh.

~e.i

under your gaze
i simply become

like how

under the gaze of
the loving sun
the radiant sunflower
simply becomes him.

~e.i

i remember the
glorious rush
your touch
would give me
when we got close

like hearing every
‘i love you’
ever whispered
all at once.

~e.i

 

i think you
push me away
because
i see all the things you are,
while the world
wants you to be the
million things you are not.

and most days
most of us
avoid looking in the mirror.

~e.i

I find it hard to be angry
with you because
I know you hurt me
while you were hurting

and

I’m trying to be patient
because often its
birds with broken wings
that help each other
find the sky.

~e.i

sand underneath my fingers
salt in the air

sun kissing my skin
flowers braid my hair

a perfect day
as secrets our lips share.

~e.i

I think I resist spring
because I don’t want
the cold to end.

I don’t want the
heaviness to dissipate.
the diving into myself.

because my fear is that
the sun will shine on you
from a blue sky.
the birds will
sing our song.
the blossoms will
tell our story.

and I will still be dying
as the world rejoices
its return to life.

~e.i

i gaze at you
because the
blue in your eyes,
are the pieces missing
from my sky.

~e.i

 

casual pleasantries
friendly hugs

and no one
can tell how

when you
touch me
it feels like
you reached into
the stormy sky
pulled the lightning
and placed it
in my veins.

~e.i

lost in a world
that doesn’t exist,
i still search
for your arms
that is my home.

~e.i