My newest book, All Things Lit Like Fireflies, has barely come out and I already have new poetry to share with you— it is from the next book of poetry that I am already working on. Please enjoy your read...






Vampire




I wish that I could

Reach into your chest

With my own fingers

And wrap my hand

Around your heart

Feel it beating

Against my palm

That way

I would feel you

All the way down to

The beating of your heart

Against my own hand

My fingers would move

Up and down

While it beats

And I would look into your eyes

To see how you look at me

When your own heart

Knows the warmth of my hand

For the first time




But I would have to be

A vampire

To do that!

And you would have to be one

Too!

Or you could be a werewolf

And I would love you

All the way down

To your beating heart

And that look in your eyes




So I guess

I will just have to become

A vampire

And you will have

To become

Something

Too





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