i don’t love you as if you were my teddy bear, or cashmere, or fireworks. i love you as one loves the night, the penumbras keep you hidden but stars, my eyes, still manage to find you between my head and my heart, soul and shade. i love you as a woman loves a man [...]
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i don’t love you as if you were my teddy bear, or cashmere, or fireworks.
Posted in Sarah Nielsen, tagged Love, Poetry, Sarah on January 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Will You Love Me Tonight?
Posted in Sarah Nielsen, tagged Love, Poetry, Sarah, Tonight on December 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
will you love me tonight? i know i make it so hard sometimes i let us burn when the sun melted down into creases and crevices of our skin you made me shake with symphony of sighs and with nods and the please stop, just stop. would you wait? i know you would but it’s [...]
Between cracks of pavement
Posted in Sarah Nielsen, tagged Between, Pavement, Poetry, Sarah on October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
between cracks of pavement on the Manhattan sidewalk where cigarette butts are carelessly thrown or gum stuck to bystanders shoes a pocketwatch lies broken frozen in time –Sarah Nieslen
Holding your hands around my heart
Posted in Sarah Nielsen, tagged Hands, Heart, Holding, Poetry, Sarah on October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
holding your hands around my heart should’ve told you exactly what you do to my shaking legs in my cluttered room. to my freezing feet in summer shoes — was gonna walk forever that spring, forever until i reached the promise of your arms. you said if i showed up on your doorway i was [...]
