A Kiss Like Kansas Weather
They say lightning never strikes in the same place twice
But just thinking of his kiss
Makes thunder in my chest
Makes the hairs on my arms stand up
The electricity charges my breath
A perfect Kansas storm
I can almost taste the earth that forecasts rain
Every bird becoming restless for flight
If you could measure wealth in laughter
I’d have more money than god
If there were as many stars as times I’ve smiled
This earth would be left scarred and blind
If he were a drug
Quitting would be what really killed me
I don’t remember doing anything
That could ever convince me I deserve this
When I see him
I could fall to my knees weeping from the worship I know would take life times to give him
Hell I want him to want me for life times
I never said I wasn’t greedy
I swear if I were made of thorns
He wouldn’t hesitate to embrace me as tightly as possible anyway
I want to memorize the way the light seems to hit his skin different when he’s excited
I’d take my eyes sooner than tear them from his own
This is not a love with training wheels
This is the kind of love that leaves your knuckles bruised
That makes a heart sink like stone
And tear through the clouds at the same time
This is the kind of love you hold onto with your ing teeth if someone has broken your hands
I used to think if it weren’t for bad luck I’d have no luck at all
But nothing like that can touch me anymore
I’ll walk under ladders
I’ll even open my umbrella indoors
His smile proves I’ve got magic on my side
Copyright © Alexander Schwartz | Year Posted 2018
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