Ars Poetica (10 Years)

Based on the following prompt: Prompt #28

NaPoWriMo 2019 Day 28

I found what I was looking for:

Not in his sharp blue eyes,

Not in my backyard celebration,

Not in holding perfectly shaped hands,

Not in prolonged eye contact,

Not in the slick movements of a dance party,

Not saying I love you more often-

I found what I was looking for in words:

Crisp skilled metaphors,

Mirrors for the things only I can see,

Connections that I can create,

Intimate ways of looking between us,

Slow curved movements among the flowers,

This is the intimacy I’ve been needing.