It began with a look
that bent the air between us,
made the walls lean closer
as though they wanted to hear.
Your mouth was a tide
I could not resist,
and when it reached me,
it left salt on my skin
like a memory
I could taste for days.
We moved as though gravity
had been rewritten—
no descent,
only the slow pull
of two bodies tracing
the quiet constellations of each other.
The night pressed its weight against the glass,
watching,
and still we did not break.
You held my face in your hands
like it was both fragile and dangerous,
and I was neither afraid
nor willing to be saved.
We fell without falling—
into a place with no floor,
no ceiling,
only the ache of staying close
and the dark
breathing with us.
Photo credits: Pinterest
Posted for Open Link Night #388 (August Live) @dVerse Poets Pub
40 Responses
“The night pressed its weight against the glass”
Lovely poem,. Sanaa. And the above line stands out. One of those lines that pins a poem down and sticks in the head.
JIM
Thank you so much, James 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
Splendid poetry, so many phrases to love… the tide metaphor worked especially well for me.
Thank you so much, Bjorn 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
Such a beautiful poem, Sanaa, and so hard to choose lines that stand out, but I particularly love: the idea of a look that bends the air, a mouth as a tide, and these stunning lines:
‘We moved as though gravity
had been rewritten—
no descent,
only the slow pull
of two bodies tracing
the quiet constellations of each other’.
Thank you so much, Kim 😍 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
you have a lovely way with simile and metaphor and the more unusual you save for romance
Thank you so much, Laura 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
I am a sucker for love poems. The imagery you use with your words is fantastically brilliant. I love these lines you wrote:
“Your mouth was a tide
I could not resist,
and when it reached me,
it left salt on my skin
like a memory
I could taste for days.”
Made me feel happy because this is how I feel with my wife and I. Sending you a million blessings my friend. 🙂
Awww gosh! Thank you so much, Charlie 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
The fearlessness of lovers is so reckless and abandoned to the waking world — the courage to burn all the way down for Eros. Your poem is tinder drenched in gasoline waiting for the next kiss.
Thank you so much, Brendan 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
Very sensual, Sanaa!
Thank you so much, Nolcha 😀 so good to see you 💄❤️
Wow, Sanna. I loved this poem. Too many favorite lines to quote. I think it is my favorite of all your poems! Such original imagery and so sensual.
Thank you so much, Judy 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
A sensual poem of love and connection.
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Sizzling, Sanaa. They are sweltering in the now. For me, brings back memories of yesterday and dreams of again tomorrow.
Thank you so much, Lisa 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
You are very welcome.
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I miss those feelings but have found something else instead.
Very well put into words. 👏
Thank you so much, Shaun 🙂 so glad the poem and its imagery appealed to you 💄❤️
Your sumptuous love poems are a balm in these troubled times Sanaa…
“The night pressed its weight against the glass,
watching,
and still we did not break.”
Thank you so much, Andrew 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
Beautifully sensual. I love “we fell without falling” says it all.
Thank you so much, Yvonne 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
Beautifully written, Sanaa.
Thank you so much, Dwight 😀 so good to see you 💄❤️
This is my new favorite of yours, Sanaa! I love how the nature/physics imagery describes such a sensual scene. The final stanza is perfect!
Thank you so much, Merril 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
I am in love with this glorious poem Sanaa. Just reading it gave me tingles down my spine. I felt like I was floating too! You write beautiful love poetry my friend and I loved this one 🥰❤️
Thank you so much, Christine 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
Your exquisite poem gives new meaning to “the walls closing in” ~~ as always, the sensuous Sanaa is felt.
Thank you so much, Helen 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
Exquisite diction and capture of the feeling of falling in love.
Thank you so much, Anna 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
Loved the intimacy – I feel like Inpassed the window and got a glimpse of something so much bigger!
Thank you so much, Rowan 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️