What I Need

I need softness
and tenderness
like my lungs
need air
I'm learning
to be gentle
with myself
I need you
to be gentle, too


-September 2017

Desire

In this small

blip of time

I'd like to lick you
like honey

I want to try

your taste

But my mouth

is already full

of things

I can't swallow

-September 2017