today, I'm plaiting these words with the hands of affection & rooting it in the palms of love frankly, I miss you ever since you accepted my citizenship in your heart every part of me has always thirsted for you like a baby I'm still learning how to speak for my lips holds the memory of our first kiss every time your presence resides in the chest of mine the glances of your smile fill my heart with joy truth be told, I have painted your smile all over my heart to shimmer my many scars I wish I could clay myself into a wind sail over to you & wrap you in warmness whenever you are far away from me that I may always be nearer to you if loving you becomes a sin I will nail our bond to God's Word hold you like a rib & place you back into me for eternity is our bond Writer's Bio: Ivan S. Fiske Iv is a young talented writer from Liberia. His works have been published in several magazines, such as We Write Liberia, Eboquills, League of Poet, Spillwords, and elsewhere.