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Author: Cassandra Lee Obal

You hold me like a crystal
I am sheltered in your palm
Your destiny sweats across me
So close, so close
There is no fear.
We converse in silent dialogue
Sweaty bodies
Gripping beneath fluorescents

Greeting eyes behind muffins
And "to go" cups of coffee
The clunk of coins in a telephone box
A lost, torn cinema ticket.
You like me
Even in the morning,
A feeling as comfortable
As a crushed tissue in pocket.

You wrestle with my thoughts
My time
My tongue.
Our eyes converse in mirrors
Two minds whisper in a foreign dialect
Fingers touch
And talk of many things, unmentioned.

You hold me in your gaze
Your memory,
Your touch.
You hold me,
You hold me like a crystal
I am sheltered in your palm.