near

it is a delicate torture
to be near her
unable to touch
or to whisper
words unwinding
(from my clockwork heart)
into the pearl of her ear

her eyes
melt me
everytime

i've never known
hunger before
before i fell
into this delirium
now i hunger
for her touch
her taste
a glance
suspends my heart
in her particular universe

a thousand suns burn
in the light
of her eyes

i burn too
a smoldering cinder
standing here
near her

9/5/08