A Romantic Beat

I want to tell you 
I want to tell you
that I want to love you
to hold you
to play with you
that your poetry 
makes me feel things 
it surfaces desire from the depths
and onto the canvas
such lovely quirkiness 
words that feel so affirming 
so perfect to read

I've been holding back
writing instead
but my words seldom capture 
the same mystic glory 
my tongue fails to tell the story 
of my perceptions 
I get drunk on your inflections

My heart beats 
and my blood pounds 
to a romantic beat 
hidden neath my bones
these days

I wish Halloween wasn't over yet
there's a certain freedom in the air
when you can be anything