One Poem Only is a daily poetry podcast offering a quiet moment with a single poem—read aloud, without analysis or noise.

Human Nature

Lynn L.

My fingertips feel the texture of a rose petal,

Silken, yes, but silken with the hush of something already dying.

Soft as sin, velvet against the finger,

A whisper that resists and surrenders all at once.

Cool at first, like a lover’s indifference,

Then quick to the warmth beneath the weight of touch.

More from Lynn L. ↓

1. Her website: www.lbachman.com
2. @authorlynnl on Instagram
3. Her book, Saint Woman, is available now

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