just desserts (3/22/20)

honey-brown skin

glistens like liquid gold

and pours into my open mouth.

i drink up as if i've been parched for years.

but this flavor could never compare

to the sweetness of your words

when you tell me i'm beautiful.

syllables sit watchfully on your tastebuds 

as i beg them to come out.

please, just one more taste.