anticipation

anticipation

i trip, i stutter, whenever you turn your head and smile. i watch the way the light touches your cheek. i blush, and blame it on the heat. i know you are not for me–i am young, foolish and sometimes weak. you rise like a phoenix, astounding those around you. the anticipation has me sick– [...]

Mirage

Mirage

it was paradise when i shut my eyes. salt and sand clinging to my skin, the heat mesmerized you, the hush of passion and the spritz of lime clung to your eyes like a mirage. the waves stripped away the pretense: you reeled me in and i eagerly took the bait. i was a catch, [...]