Silk
By Mohammad Awad
Published 15 December 2022
You wish you were less
“skin and bone”
I’ve never seen skin
So close to silk.
So prone to sunlight,
Turning caramel
From sin,
I want to be the delicacy you desire.
The morning breakfast you devour,
Crush me as cloves
For my aroma feels as flowers,
Drown me in morning glow,
Honeydew to satiate your sours,
Indulge in what you please
Just promise
to give Love-
to give Love back.
Give Love a hand
or two,
Not give Love backhands
and turned backs.
Split truths
And spit lube,
Give me a
Love like lotion.
I mean
Like Love potions
that smell like the sea,
Why would I be anywhere else
When you feel- foam soft
and smell like the beach?
When you look like God
And feel like peace,
Salam.