Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Pieces

It's impossible to distill it down

To one thing I miss the most

Impossible to narrow down 

One single, solitary item

I could say, it's the way your hair feels

As I twirl it in my deft fingers

Or is it your fragrance wafting on the air

Teasing my nostrils with your essence

Might just as well be your skin

The ivory glow nearly ethereal with beauty

Then there's your very being and laugh

Soothing the very fiber of my soul

With your mind and the musicality of laughter

Truth be told, it's the totality contained therein

The combination of every lovely piece of you

Tapas

It's the lights that tease me unnecessarily

Dimmed for that romantic ambience

Yet, preventing my eyes from seeing

Every facet of your ineffable beauty

As you sit across from me, the perfect distance

Enough to take you all in, yet far enough

That I'm not tempted to touch and feel

Your skin with my fingertips, constantly

Even as the drink slides past my lips

It's combination of apple-tart and whiskey-sweet

I know I'd rather them be entangled with yours

Even if it is but a brief taste