Spent Time with your Shoulders

I spent time with your shoulders tonight

              Not with you.

The freckle above your right blade will fade to a memory.

           But, for now, I will savor this moment.

Kiss the curve at the top of your spine and watch your skin shiver.

           This is my favorite part of you

The one piece I will take with me.

                  They seem so unloved.

As if no other woman noticed that your left shoulder sits higher than the right.

           These shoulders, so unnoticed, have held my tears. Danced with me.

    Held me in the night.

 

These shoulders were the reason I stayed.

Reviews

[shoaib]

beautifully expressed :)

[patricia]

A different and pleasing way to focus on expressing love through poetry, and a reminder, how it is little observances like this that we really do hone in on, when we are in love.

[callmenothing]

this is real nice