Sunday, December 1, 2024

stay

 

you ask me to

and i don’t know how to answer

 

i want to

know

 

what it’s like to stay

now

 

so much

in that look

 

my cells

multiplying

 

like time-lapse

photosynthesis

 

curling myself

around that

 

one

word

 

as if

light

 

 

© 2024 Jennifer Wagner

 

3 comments:

  1. One word can carry a huge emotional charge, for sure.

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  2. Romantic, inviting and with some hesitation. I think we all desire connection and closeness. Beautiful poem.

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  3. that Belly song plays in my head as I read this. A fraught word ~

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