Love Poem: The Topography of Your Body
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Written by: Mia Pratt

The Topography of Your Body

When I gaze upon your body
you are a walking human embodiment
of a tropical archipelago in the sun
where the elevation of your height
and the low lying surface of your limestone skin
meet the shallow banks and blue holes 
hidden in the depths of your eyes 
while the surge of your heart and adrenaline
pounding like the ocean waves 
hopping, jumping and skipping 
across the shoreline of your chest
with your lustrous teeth 
gleaming like the sight 
of the Great Barrier Reef 
as magnificent as the day goes by