Stealing glances

I steal glances when you're not looking

at your belt and at your frame,

and it all shoots back across my mind like an upbeat pulsing memory

for that's exactly what it is to me,

and you'll look my way, and my heart breaks into millions of pieces,

jumping like angels without wings,

who needs wings when I have you, precious?

I sink into the melty quicksand, like buttery fairy tales warming at my eyelids,

I fall back into the mattress, tingly feathers at my skin,

and warm sheets of wavy fulfilled desire at my fingertips.

Perfectly structured lips contort into mine,

and our bodies meld together shapelessly,

with nothing but our breathing to fill the silence, a soundtrack I'll never hear again.

I steal glances at your face when you're not looking,

at your smiles and at your contentment,

or your sadness or at your anger, it's you.

You glance over at me like nothing better arrives at my eyes,

so I take a deep breath just like I did that night to catch it,

a butterfly flying back and forth and weaving its wings under my skin,

as I mentally dissolve the image of your shirt,

warming the carpet with the body heat that abandoned it...

I steal glances because I have to,

because I went to sleep alone that night.

Reviews

[Ashley]

I like the emotion.

[Judy Ponceby]

Beautifully evocative. Some of your phrases are simply divine :) "upbeat pulsing memory", "melty quicksand", "buttery fairy tales", "wavy fulfilled desire". Wonderful write :)

[compositionc]

This is another absolutely amazing poem. I really don't have the words to describe it.
I've been inspired to make my own poems better.

[sarah]

Wow...I am so speechless...I don't even have words this is such a great poem I want to read it over and over again :-) this is the best poem I have ever read! great poem you really inspire me

[The Red Queen]

Ahhh!
amazing, flawless work here.
I could feel the emotion pull me into your words and give a "glance" of how you were feeling while writing this.

The ending was amazing and I just loved this poem
great write

[LovelySparrow]

Beautiful emotions put into this. It was so real and I felt like I was the teller of this story. Wonderful job in pulling me into this piece, and by the first word too. :)

[Just Me]

Totally awesome. The ending was so surprising. Just how the narrator felt and how you expressed her emotion. Awesome.

[Ruth]

Ohhhh, this is outstanding love!
The glances of something yearned for, the delicate tones here and the BAM! You hit hard at the end of this, almost took me by surprise actually lol
Perfect, I would say!
100 and serious kudos!
xx

[HopelesslyDevoted]

the mood of the poem is clear with the way you express your sadness, brilliant work!