Ask Me To Dance

Ask me to dance.
Reach for my hand and lead me
across the floor.
Pause, then pull me close.
Closer.

Hold me like a hungry kiss
as the rhythm of my breath slows down
settling some place between your body and mine,
warm and captive, yet somehow
unshackled.

Rest your hand
on the small of my back
where your touch excites my skin
and my inhibitions become
unlaced.

Ask me to dance.

About This Poem

Style/Type: Free verse

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Country/Region: United States

Favorite Poets: I tend to read Ted Kooser, Jim Harrison, Billy Collins, Paul Simon, Robert Frost. I like minimalist poetry, and poems reflecting on nature and Mother Earth.

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Comments

Candlewitch

10 months ago

Ask Me To Dance (Wow)

these lines of your exquisite poem are my favorites:

Hold me like a hungry kiss
as the rhythm of my breath slows down
settling some place between your body and mine,
warm and captive, yet somehow
unshackled.

I would not change a word of it! I love it all! Cat

Lavender

10 months ago

Hello, Cat,

I'm a romantic when it comes to dancing, which I haven't done in a very long time. Aah, well!
Thank you for reading!
Lx

Geezer

10 months ago

I love this...

A perfect description of asking someone you admire and want to know, to dance. There was this girl at the school dance...
Exactly how I felt! Like Cat, I wouldn't change a thing. ~ Geez.
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