Maxwell Bodenheim

1892 - 1954 / Mississippi / United States

You Draw My Heart About You

You draw my heart about you, as a cloak,
And your words steal over it like a reluctant color:
A color of pain that fears to die.
My heart ripples with your slight turning
But sometimes moves when you are still,
Beckoning to longings that have not reached your mouth.
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