don’t say a word
February 19, 2023: This poem was inspired by the beautiful love song at the bottom of the post.
The love song was originally sent to me on January 12, 2019, and I wrote the poem the following day January 13, 2019; it remained hidden for four years and five weeks. I published it on February 19, 2023.
don’t say a word
© 2019 punkie
don’t say a word
shhhhhhh.
be still.
listen to my heart beat
in the living space
between us.
hear my breath: the
whisper of scotch pine
in a summer breeze.
feel me soft and warm
against your skin.
fill the silence
with nothing
but longing,
you, and
me.
don’t say a word.
just listen and
be still.
© 2019 Susan Macaulay . I invite you to share my poetry and posts widely, but please do not reprint, reblog or copy and paste them in their entirety without my permission. Thank you.