Shiver

A face of pleasure
is only a way to measure
exactly the emotion
that resides in his head

But I know the way I'm feeling
and the way I'm reeling
like a sick lovesick fool
who wants to jump into your bed

I can't handle my emotion
when I'm around you
A shiver in my throat
I can't get it out
I can't speak
Words
escape
me

So my empty mouth meets yours
with words I cannot possibly
speak out loud
So passionate
they don't even exist
outside of my mind and my body

Imagining all the things
I could do to you
Imagining all the things
I could be for you
Imagining every little thing
sends a shiver down my neck
and makes it so I'm with you
even when I'm not

The ghost of your lust
keeps me company
in your absence
and kisses my neck
in a way that would make you
more than a little jealous

Imagining all the things
I could do to you
Imagining all the things
I could be for you
Imagining every little thing
sends a shiver down my neck
and makes it so I'm with you
even when I'm not

even when I'm really not

The ghost of your lust (or your love?)
keeps me company
in your absence
and kisses my neck
with a shiver that would make you
more than a little jealous

I can't handle my emotion
when I'm around you
A shiver in my throat
I can't get it out
I can't speak
Words
escape

me

So my empty mouth meets yours
with words I cannot possibly
speak
out
loud
So passionate
they don't even exist
they cannot
possibly
exist


©Melissa Nilles