By Laurel Ahlfeld
Date: 2010 Jul 02
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The Flowers

We walked the LA streets
hand in hand
arm in arm
any way skin met skin
I craved you
every inch, smell, taste, touch
I wanted to take in
under the starless city sky
you plucked me passing flowers
purple
my favorite
and I cried
masked by the dark
things no one else would give
you did
without hesitation
and I savored that rich moment
hanging sweetly in the summer air
like the taste of your kiss
lingers on my tongue long after you're gone
and we walked on into the night
flowers in one hand
yours in the other
up the bluegreypurple stairs of the porch
where you sat and filled the sky with smoke
with my body pressed between your knees
I buried my nose in the petals
and when I looked up
I saw forever looking back at me