Solstice
12/21/21
Written by Khalilah Yasmin
Taken by surprise, by an invitation I didn’t know that I craved.
Taken by the hand, and an inhibition I had previously saved.
I caved…in…. gave in… to the possibility that life gives so randomly.
The electric bolts in my ears melted into my skin when his eyes.. they held me.
I should be… better at this by now. I know better, to do better,
But here I am wrestling with my thoughts on an anonymous letter.
Moved by his demeanor, his patience with my anxieties, I’m trembling.
Moved by his fire…his electricity needed no kindling.
Mending… I fear, if I let my heart break through the cage that I built.
The more I hold back… and hold in…the more, that I’ve spilt…
But where does it go… where do I bleed?
There is no one in this life but ME that I need.
Why am I this person who craves… when I am so good at keeping it saved?
Climbed through my caves, Broke down my buildings. No wrecking ball.
I would rather be caught. I don’t want to fall.
That was until, his eyes, they held me… standing here staring at a possibility to just be.
Taken.
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| Adjective | taken with – marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness |
