Shawn Marie Edmiston Poems

I feel

So exposed
...

You have my attention.

And not through just our revealing
...

Separation from you cured nothing
From 12,000 miles you still controlled
The rate of my breath and the beats of my heart.
The days that had passed were 745
...

You know me.
You know me better
Than almost anyone
Maybe everyone,
...

I am in awe
Of this man
I see before me.
I look in his eyes
...

Go ahead, just do it,
I've had a knife in my heart before,
The initial stab is the worst part,
And it doesn't hurt too long,
...

I can feel it, taste it, smell it.
Tunisia, the Mediterranean, the Sahara.
I wince as I close my eyes
And transport myself back
...

I was fine.

Emotionally dead, but fine with it
...

I was afraid,
No, I knew
This would happen
Eventually.
...

There is a crack

In the surface layer
...