inspiration

[billy]

and sometimes
when I would be doing other things,
I write words inside my head. there's a place for people like you , nice opening stanza

I write words for you as I inhale,
words for you as I exhale.

I write because of your warm hand, the way it felt on my shoulder
I write so I will not close my eyes, and lean back into that comfort
I write so I can leave without reassurances.

I write the words so they brush lightly across the page, touching sightly; is 'the' needed? I write til I can lean into their comfort.
till the rasping of my pen on this page calms me
till the blank space is filled with words
and within words, I can relax and breath.

you, as I inhale
you, as I exhale

and if
I write for long enough, I will not want to
lean back and rest against your body,
place my head by your neck, close my eyes and breathe.

instead
I lean into words, into the rasping of pen on paper, into the large letters curving across my page
here, in these words, I rest and close my eyes.

I inhale and
I exhale. do the last two lines add anything?

i wondered about the 'leans' but felt that as most of the poem is repetitive it doesn't matter too much, i do think the last two lines take something away from the poem, in that they feel just over the top of what is otherwise i solid, sound piece of writing.

thanks for the read.