kiss me

with your breath of soft coffee,

with your lasting warmth

that speaks through my bones,

taking me into this calm of energy,

of morning maybes i don't like,

of this distant dread which

keeps me from being alive even,

of fears i have embraced, forgotten,

embraced again, and forgotten again.

i don't know how long

will this whirlwind wake me up

while i waste my wee hours

for i don't know how long,

but as so i stay up late,

and think of you accidentally,

will you please kiss me

with your breath of soft coffee.

19 august 2022