You say you love my mind
the sensuality of all I say
how you long to craft a reply
answer all the longing I’ve raised
You lie awake wondering of my words
‘A glimpse is not enough’ you say
‘I want conversation deep
I want to memorise your soul’
Still I shiver for that burning connection
a longing less-refined
can’t you boil for an inch of this
can’t you itch for my lips
to be held in these thin arms again
You’d sweat and burn at night
for our next physical encounter
Your fingernails should mark my skin
There should be bruises left like sonnets
In the meteor impact of our collision
You’ll see the spark of my soul there
As I shiver up inside you
You bite your lip as I show my strength
and repeat until we melt into one
Forget the reading, forget the speaking
bite my shoulder
prolong this feeling
Away with words
Cut this talk
let me at you
Away with words, fuck these sentences
I want silences split with kisses
Sucking sounds and bitten skin
Trade intellectual for the sexual
As we do those things we do
So, away with words
Cut the talk
let me at you
[2010]
Thanks for reading this old poem.
I’d posted an extract from this one on Twitter last week and people seemed keen. This is actually part of a much longer poem but I’ve robbed all the best lines from it for other poems over the years. These are the remaining (previously unshared) parts.
The Lighthouse 
If these are not among the best lines then the others must be amazing!
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Thanks Peter… Those other lines have served me well elsewhere 🙂
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I was thinking just the same, while pondering on plundering some of my previous poems!
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It’s worth looking back sometimes. I have a few poems in which there are lines that feel like they deserved to be in better poems… so, I occasionally pillage them and try again.
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This is so beautiful! I really enjoyed this. I can’t imagine.. if it’s the less-best parts & pieces.
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Thanks Tara. I’m so pleased you think so – especially with the best bits removed 🙂
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Truly inspired by these lines and have linked the poetic response.
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Wow, thanks Kim. I do love it when us writers can inspire words in each other. And what words! Very honoured. Thanks for reading, writing and sharing!
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Thank you! Appreciated.
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This is..wow!! I love this one!🤍
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Thanks Sirishty! That’s great to hear, thanks for reading.
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You’re welcome, Tom😊
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I recognise the emotion of this.
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Thanks. As mentioned, it was originally a much longer poem about the frustration of people only wanting you for your mind and your words and not just your body. I thought it was an amusing idea for a poem. 🙂
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