Take this body, my love, <br />my body, my love, <br />feel my knees and my arms, <br />feel my fingers on your hair, <br />cold fingers, sad fingers, <br />kiss my mouth, my love, <br />ever so gently <br />caressing my chest and stroking my hair, <br />play with it-whatever is left of it- <br />I'm sad, my love, <br />and as I hear you laugh, <br />I feel the water around my eyes, <br />my brown eyes, the eyes of a poet, <br />the eyes of a stranger- <br />I'm a stranger, my love, <br />I'm a stranger in a strange land <br />of secret kisses and lovelorn faces, <br />of cold bodies huddled together, <br />hiding behind stiff dresses <br />and tightly fitting jeans, <br />I'm a stranger to a kiss, <br />I'm a stranger to a moist mouth <br />and a playful tongue, <br />I'm a stranger to a warm breast, <br />I stand here bespectacled and confused, <br />scratching my scraggly beard, <br />forcing a faint smile- <br />there is so much pain, my love, <br />right here in the palm of my hand, <br />right here in the lump of my throat, <br />right here in the tightness of my chest, <br />I'm strung like an instrument <br />with shrunken testicles <br />and immobilized toes- <br />see me tremble, my love, <br />see me shed a tear <br />onto this dusty world- <br />I'm with you, my love, <br />I'm with you alone, <br />I'm with you in embrace <br />of tender passion, <br />I'm in love with you <br />and that's why <br />I'm full of <br />tears.<br /><br />Alexander Shaumyan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/take-this-body/
