In a cage Struggling To get outHelplessBlind to the factA BirdWithout his mindOutsideWould not surviveTo and froHe flewLookingAt the blue skyLooking For the lightNot noticingThe deadly groundsWith all its houndsHe had heardOnceAbout the outsideAbout freedomAbout the past He fought To reach outTo reach That promised...

Come close,   beneath your nearness and the warmth of my skin, until neither of us knows where one begins.   Your mouth finds my neck, then pauses there, a whisper of heat caught softly in air.   I feel your restraint before I feel your hand, the softest tension I can barely withstand.   It...