Body & Soul

Do I trust this feeling so alien to me
So riveting , Complicated
Immersing me in an unknown intensity
The sunsets now call my smiles a home
They disappear in the horizon of my frowns that hold thoughts of your absence

Do I trust this feeling so alien to me
Tantalizing the spinal chord of my sensitivity
With thoughts of having you

Famine now infects my soul
I hunger for you
Thirst for you
Dry skin longs to be caressed and oiled by the rose petals of your lips

How do I satisfy the taste buds whose fury can only be quenched by your salt
No other wine just won't do

I see the winter of doubt skating across your mind
I see the spring of wanting me blooming on your skin
I see the seasons change ....when guilt steps in

How do I resist giving my all
How do I persuade nature to pause the caterpillar's metamorphosis , so that she won't fly to you
For your world isn't kind enough for the innocent spirit of the butterfly

How do I resist the irresistable
How do I caution my body , my soul
to ignore its right to want ..to need ..to give of itself
How do I plead with the spirit to sacrifice its heart so that its soul mate may love another soul

I stand here
Looking at the cup of wisdom brewed from my yesterday and the cup of sweet memories stirred by the pleasures of being vulnerable
Which do I drink
Both will still leave me stuck in a wonderland of him
What do I do when all of me wants to give in
How do I tell the children of my soul that from this well of love they cannot drink
How do I tell my children that this inherited gold cannot be claimed

I stand here wanting to give in
Hands of wisdom and lingering hurt Push unwaveringly against the static within the magnetic field .....a field that will inevitably pull my world to his


How do I ignore the signs of life
Memories blowing the poles of my compass in every direction he's in


I stand here
Wanting to run. Helplessly into your arms but
Do I trust this feeling so alien to me
Or will body and Soul finally yield to my mind's foolish persuasion