The Him

I have a thousand words to say

But none come to my lips

To speak of things that hold my thoughts

And let my morals slip.

There is a boy

A man indeed

Who makes my heart revive

And deep beneath the sheets

We play

To make my body feel alive.

His fingers run the length of me

His eyes hold to my gaze

His lungs take in the breath I breathe

The him that holds me in embrace.

The words that echo

From his mouth

Play music in my ear

That races down

Throughout my veins

And fill my soul with fear.

Not fearful of the things he’ll do

Or fearful of the way he loves

Not fear for how he looks at me

But fear of what is next to come.

It’s been so little

And yet so long

Since he first caught my eye

Blessed with the kiss of death

The him that brought me back to life.

-Aspyn Leonardo