Heat swallows us, thick,
as the curtain of night draws in,
pushing us closer together.
The purple sky deepens,
the low buzz of cicadas threatens
the faint goodbyes we exchange
in quiet refusal of the moment.
You pull near,
and I feel all of you.
Your skin shimmers, mine electrified
by your touch.
Hair under my chin like silk,
small breath on my arm
warm with want.
A flash on the horizon.
Energy pulsing behind black clouds.
Thunder rumbles above us
in the faded black sky.
The fluorescent lights of the parking lot
throw our shadows longer and longer
into the night we struggle to end.
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Brent Edwards
Brent Edwards is a writer and poet living the same day over and over again.
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