Art by Raina Klawitter
By Aria/Envy Whitney:
I want to learn how to use words,
I want to learn how to use words like the gods
who spoke of their lovers
both forbidden and betrothed.
i want to carve into your skin my name,
with similes & metaphors
i want you to recognize the shape of my words
as they caress your skin.
neither sharpened knives
nor soft fleeting touches
could convey what I feel for you.
from Patroclus I’d borrow words,
from Sappho i'd steal phrases
just to say I love you.
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