Safe Passage

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Safe Passage

Our lips meet between
anxious breaths

Trembling,
they part in shared anticipation

My mouth
too full
tasting your sweetness

To notice your sorrows
empty into it

They seek refuge on my
acquiescent tongue

One luscious swallow
grants your despair
safe passage
to my unsuspecting heart

4 thoughts on "Safe Passage"

kelly casey says:

June 4, 2019 at 10:15 am

“my mouth
too full
tasting your sweetness

to notice your sorrows
empty into it”

it’s like you’re speaking directly to my memories.

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- H.A. says:
  
  June 4, 2019 at 12:22 pm
  
  Kelly Casey,
  
  I think our written work is cosmically linked. I read your work and it’s familiar, soul-stirring.
  
  Thank you for reading this one (and all of them!).
  
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mtpoet says:

June 4, 2019 at 1:22 pm

You really do intimate poetry proud with this one, H. A.

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- H.A. says:
  
  June 4, 2019 at 1:37 pm
  
  Thanks, mtpoet!
  
  Believe it or not, poetry is my BIGGEST FEAR as a “writer”. I cannot thank you enough for your insights and support.
  
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