To want to reach over and touch you,
to want to know how you feel,
it invades my brain like a criminal.

To envision how is might be
I sit here enthralled with conversation
as the cancer of thoughts
spreads from my brain
down my neck and shoulders.

To envelope my body with desire
in a different time
a different place
a different body
I might have had the chance
to discover you out of my dreams
for now ill curb my impulses
for now,
I'll only reach out,
with my mind.