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latest #poetvolley with @artemisretreats.

a body’s weight inside water can fool you every time
like that first kiss

chlorine wetness pools around legs turned wobbly, thirsty
where the hidden currents weave a dance with unknown steps
sinking into the belief that easy is constant

lightning bugs over the green grass
gently caressing bare skin
embracing the little parts that make us glow inside
in surprise
until their wings flutter again and they’re lifted

floating on dreams, rising from fingertips, lips, secrets shared, backseat fumbling and strawberry milkshakes

in our short summers filled with promises of forever love

“happened so fast…”

by JTW and mujerzen
©2011 JTW “jtwhitaker.com” All rights reserved.

my latest #poetvolley with the lovely & talented @artemisretreats.

a few little pebbles
and maybe we danced through them
magically
admiring the beauty in our footsteps

our hands finding each-other, holding on
perhaps
as we sought our reflection

trembling, but the tune presses us & we won’t stop
we won’t stop this
for as long as the melody sings

those awkward notes
familiar and haunting
like the first time we embraced
the moment we decided to close our eyes

and trust in a love sacred & sure
fearless
a long time we had forsaken such a floor as this
no more

yet, i must confess
i have a box with those pebbles
saved just in case the magic was not pure
or our song forgotten
escapes into the night, out of grasp

at least i’ll have these
and the remembrance of our dance
our freedom

“we forget all our trials…”

#poetvolley by JTW & mujerzen
©2011 JTW “jtwhitaker.com” All rights reserved.

we go to bed ’round the same time each night
and wake up miles away

not sayin’ i can love you
but there are times your lips remind me of home
your hands seem to hold the dreams
i’ve only spoken into my pillow
and i wonder if you feel the same

if i asked you to wake up with me just one day
do you think you’d stay?
do you think you could bury the hurt?
would you trust that my words are simply words?
would you let me hold your whole life
when i can only love you with half my heart?
cause there’s a piece of it that i lost somewhere
and i no longer care to find it

i will offer you shelter
i will offer you a cup of sanity within our storm
and if you wake up with me for just one day
i will offer you this space over my heart
and for that one day
you’ll be warm

tomorrows are just a fistful of sand
i have a bottle for the grains we gift each other
you keep half the cork
and if this should ever fill
we will ride to the coast together
drop it in
and let it float

“what is it about…”

#poetvolley by JTW and mujerzen aka @artemisretreats
©2011 JTW “jtwhitaker.com” All rights reserved.

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