FEELS LIKE

KIRA SANTALOVA

I will give you my lips,
so you can speak my mother tongue.
And I will spare you a piece of my heart —
it will be a present of mine—
so you learn what my world really feels like.
If only we could speak the
same language,
without the constraints
and burdens
of second lines.
I would be happy to take any lessons,
make mistakes, and try real hard—
only to learn what your world feels like.