More than a lover’s kiss

Fell in love and into your lap;

you lay at my knee,

July warmth picking at my nose.

Grass beneath us calling;

desperate for body and touch.

I wonder if the rub of my thumb

is worth more than a lover’s kiss.

Kitchen floor on our bottoms;

knees touch,

and your body,

and my thumb.

I want to wear the

same shorts as you

and meet a God called

Love.

Risha Nicole

RISHA NICOLE (she/they) is a poet, author, teaching artist, and childcare worker from Sandusky, Ohio. Risha is the author of her full-length poetry collection, Without A Sound, and her chapbook, As long as I live you are with me. Their third upcoming collection; Dying Girl is on coming of age; exploring religion, sexual abuse, and their queer identity.

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