Once more with feeling

Naomi Foster | Fall 2022

once more with feeling

catch my eye
hold my stare
flickers of flirt
fold between our laughter

darling won’t you
open up the honeysuckle gates
and entangle your limbs
with mine

trace the crevice
in the small of my back
wind up layered raven locks
throbbing follicles twinge
at your every nudge

we pulse and pry
tug and drag
scrape and strain
until our lips are numb

wading in the dampness
our proof of passion
beads of crystalline liquid
polka dot your figure
flames engulf the flicker
swallowing my pride
diminishing the dawn
of a budding romance

kiss me again
once more with feeling
kiss me again
slow your rhythm
try for me
please

loosen your jaw
thaw your frozen feelings
our lips can pray as hands do
hold me close
and we can pretend
that we’re still in love