Only If For A Night by Nicole Barth [11/21/11]

You’ve caught me with eyes wide open.

Technicolor daydreams spill out the memory of you. 

Hazel to azure. 6’3 to 5’6.

The silk of your hair.

And these city lights don’t compare

to the beams that shine through the floral curtains of your room.

You keep me between the waters of your heart.

I don’t need the fame or the night.

 I don’t want the crowds. They never seem to stay.

I’ve lost the anchor around my waist.

Don’t need the taxis blaring in the background for guidance.

My fingertips know the contours of your face...

the pause in your words.

And I heard your voice as clear as day. It was so surreal.

I will leave my body.

I’m smoking out the harmony that sleeps in you.