Time to make with the Ben&Jerry's and to curl up in the favourite old baggy jumper again... I'm sorry, but I just keep going back to the old favourites when I'm feeling beached and becalmed... K xx

HOLD ME


Hold me lovingly,
like a book -
flat open in the palms of your hands
so you can feel the bones
of my spine.

Scan my face
for traces of hidden meaning
concealed amidst the text
of your favourite poem.

Run your fingers,
phrase by phrase,
from head to toe
through each and every word -
missing nothing.

Press me breathless
to your heart
and let me be the unseen object
that exists everywhere
in the centre of your gaze
and the thought that lingers long.

Let me be your inspiration
for yet another sunlit day

For I am nothing
if left unopened.