an inch

[tedgemon]

i want to reach out to you
but i dare not move a muscle.
my tongue swells,
my heart stops,
my words become
a stuttered mess.
it all seems so surreal-
is this real?
i give myself a pinch
but i dont come to.
youre out there
a silhouette in the fog
never anywhere,
but always there
and inch away
from my
frozen fingertips.

[PrinceMyshkin]

Oh, haven't we all experienced those "frozen fingertips" and that numb tongue!

[goldenrod]

It's the drying up of saliva that distresses me the most!


goldenrod.