Want

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.