Hugs
by Domovoi

That warm, sweet body
Pressed torturously close
For altogether too short a time
Sometime I can still smell her
On my shirt after the fact
And it stirs the blood again
And makes the mind race
With wonderful daydreams
Of holding her for more than a moment
And more than that
Of her lips on mine
Or just the whispered words I long to hear
Those are over quickly too
And I'm back in this world again
The world that wants me to be brave
Because if I weren't so chicken
I would have slashed my wrists or throat by now
But as a coward I live on
And the dreams torment me
And I fear they always will
Until the day I am finally ready
To succumb to the Deep Sleep
And surrender to the dreams forever
But until that day comes
Her hugs are driving me insane