
all the senses of the soul intensify and burn inside of this simple body
my heart beats fast inside my ribs becoming a quiver, a blur...or has it just stopped
blue rippled eyes flicker under their watery veil
and copper ringlets fan themselves across the inky page in front but no hand stirs to pin them back into place
both cold hands remain caressing the velvety sleeve of the satisfyingly heavy book
a butterfly flutters across the pale cream window blind casting a shadow across the room but no life ceases to exist
no life except the occassional wipe of the soft hand against the worn pages
the air floats down until it comfortably forms a warm cloak around my body
in the distance there is the creak of the crickets in the long damp grass and the deep hum of a cello from a far away house
but mind and body are absent
pineing for more of the soothing words of those before me...


oh how delightful it is to get lost in a story that isn't your own
it is a love i wish to embrace forever













