Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Hot Springs

 


swimming in winter

drowning in february grey

we dip our heads under rising steam

cheeks blush, fingers wrinkle

clouds borne from lips kiss wandering phantoms

we gather snow, burning hands red

clutch it close to our chests

squealing as we fall back to warmth

a frozen ache held tight

    like a secret

    like a crush

    like a pocket of personal ecstasy

an afterimage of desire

keenly cold where there should be fire

a fleeting moment dissolves

into tepid memories of gooseflesh

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