Life Understated

the ‘i like you’ poem. by Warsan Shire
 if you gave me 
half a moon of a chance
i would
kiss the incisors 
out of your mouth, clean
and hold them in my 
own, like chippings 
from an old mug
then
pray my tongue into
a bowl of holy water
and ask god to never
leave you thirsty.

the ‘i like you’ poem. by Warsan Shire

 if you gave me 

half a moon of a chance

i would

kiss the incisors 

out of your mouth, clean

and hold them in my 

own, like chippings 

from an old mug

then

pray my tongue into

a bowl of holy water

and ask god to never

leave you thirsty.