I Give You Nothing
I can feel my heartbeat
Reverberating
Through my chest
Pulsating in my limbs
I can feel it racing
Panicked butterfly wings
Beating my rib cage
My breathing is deafening
Echoing in my ears
Drowning out my thoughts
And your orders
My mouth is dry
A stab of pain in my chest
And you haven't even touched me yet
I can't think past the word no
I can't think past the word no
But I don't say it
You're in my space
I can taste you in the air between us now
The only colors I see are yours
I choke on the scent of you
My nerves fire like lightning
A dry, adrenaline lightning
And your touch leaves me burned
My breath catches
But I give you nothing more
I'd give you nothing at all
If it were ever up to me
05/13/21