Katrina Kaye
My body reacts to your touch
the way dry caked soil
responds to rain.
Sucking in,
letting you surround me.
Absorbing you
into my cracks to savor.
I am too old for
blood to taint cheeks,
but heat blisters,
an unexpected wave
spreading through entire body.
Beginning with a tickle of facial hair
and moist firm lips,
all senses surrender.
I look at your smile
and wonder how I taste.
“Kiss” is previously published in The Fall of a Sparrow (2014).
Katrina Kaye
Every night
I save you
in a hundred
different ways.
I say the
right thing;
I turn a
different corner;
I catch you.
Every night,
I bring past
to present and
relive that
last day,
only different.
I take the
gun from your
hand; I answer
the phone.
I listen,
just listen.
Every night
I am there
instead of here.
I stop
it from
happening.
Every night,
in most
precious
imagination,
I become
your champion.
“Champion” is previously published in Rabbits for Luck (2016).
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No Longer Water is a collection of poems welcoming raw emotion regarding the process of aging mindfully into a truer self. Here, aging is regarded as a gift rather than a burden. In particular, a woman’s personal journey from who she once was to who she is now. With growth, either physical or mental, there are aches and discomforts that hurt to the core. This collection allows the aches to blossom. Discomforts become fuel to grow without outside influence. The speaker is no longer looking outwardly but inwardly. In this journey through poetry, there is a momentous shift where the mind, body, and soul understands both the trials and challenges of maturity, along with the rewards. Ultimately, life is a gift. The journey is tranquil, enlightened, and blessed, even if the trail is muddy.
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