A Lip’s Yearning
A love poem
Published in
May 27, 2022
I sit here
wondering
how this night
could’ve been
different
Your body
in my arms
as I cradle you
to sleep
I lie here,
dreaming
of what memories
we could’ve created
had our choices
been different
Wishing
that your lips
yearn for mine
the way
I yearn
for yours.
©️ Fọlábòmí Àmọ̀ó 2022
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