Susan Vannatta Poems

I watch as you sip
your drink filled with
pleasure and death, and
I wish I could be
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“Breathe me into you, ” I whisper
as you sleep, wishing silently
that you would hold me close.
I see you smile as you dream,
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Distance surrounds us as you
stand next to me, and
the atmosphere is thick with
silent phrases we both wish to speak,
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Your fingertips run through
my windswept hair and
your lips linger over mine,
without touching them, just
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Your warm body heats mine as
you lay next to me. I watch
you sleeping, dreaming. What is it
that you dream about at night?
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The air around me
is thickening, making it
harder to breathe.
My lungs work to
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Hello old friend, it’s been a while
since I last felt your relieving touch.
They tore us apart, to keep me together,
but it only caused me pain.
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Faceless people pass
going about their lives, but how?
How can they walk by me
and not hear the piercing screams,
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