May I borrow this?

Maybe
I’m mistaken
but I imagine kisses
like butterfly punches
and temples shaped
for alter songs.
This sigh you offer -
discreet and glancing.
A shape you’ve burned,
an arc to be admired.
Maybe, just maybe
I am the one
who does not
steal.

8 Responses to “May I borrow this?”

  1. gary Says:

    I love this simile: “kisses like butterfly punches”

    This is one of those pieces that leaves me thinking, “I wonder what he is talking about?”

  2. meh Says:

    The person accusing is not the thief, yet the title states otherwise.

  3. meh Says:

    Er…I think the speaker is accusing the other person of being worthy of a theif’s attention.

  4. inky Says:

    *grins knowingly*

    (and, possibly, infuriatingly)

  5. meh Says:

    Maybe it
    Makes sense
    Because I have seen
    Horses fly and
    Cats grow from kittens.
    This sigh you are offering –
    A statement you made,
    An arc that grew cold.
    Maybe, just maybe,
    I am the one
    Who dares not steal.

  6. gary Says:

    hmmm..? it does say right there at the top that it is sbout “lust.”

    The mystery is unfolding… but it is time for me to get ready to go to the dance…

  7. stonepoem Says:

    *smiles crookedly*

    Title changed!

  8. meh Says:

    Yeah, I think it’s a sexy poem. I missed the “lust” tag. He wants to kiss those lips, but maybe he can’t.

    Agh! And now a title change.