i love you best without sight

I want to be the blindfold that steals your sight; the cinnamon that burns your tongue; the silk that encircles your wrists; the words like pressed flowers between your thighs; the quiet stolen from your limbs; the promise unfulfilled.

Why these select items?

I want to be the blindfold that steals your sight, to describe the world in pearls and scarves; the cinnamon that burns your tongue, to soothe it with a kiss; the silk around your wrists, to describe how tightly limbs embrace; the words written along your curves, to be traced with unhurried touch; the quiet stolen, to feel you move. And the promise unfulfilled to be made whole.

what do you do

what do you do with a crocodile’s hat?
you could stand it on end or you could lay it flat
you could circle it in dance or give it to your cat
you could forget where it was (in the last place you sat)
you could throw it at a copper, because you ain’t no rat
you could shrink it all up and strap it on a gnat
you could place it on the floor like a really small mat
you could give it super powers by dumping it in a vat
you could love it enough to get it as a tatt
you could comfort it with a kindly pit-pat
you could block out the sun when you’re up to bat
you could call it a friend, well how about that?

or you could just wear it on your head