Words -- such poor things,
flattened on the page --
they make script curve
around meaning --
thoughts should be told with eyes
and sound,
tongued expressions curling in your ear,
Beat of blood splashed from arteries --
a -- away -- from -- heart --
Venous -- veins -- bring -- back --
again --
Heart -- beat --
pulsing -- sound --
becoming -- touch --
that would tell
if you would feel my breasts
and trace blue lines
down arms and up thighs --
Fingertips read meanings in my flesh --
engraved with want of you --

by Karen Mitura