I Reach Out To Touch

The Sensation Inside Me Grows Warmer And Spreads Out From My Chest Down Through My Body Out Along My Arms And Legs To The Tips Of My Being. Instead Of Satisfying Me The Kisses Have The Opposite Effect Of Making My Need Greater.

Oh, My Dear Miss Everdeen. I Thought We Had An Agreement Not To Lie To Each Other.

There's No Going Back. So We Might As Well Get On With Things.

We Have To Joke About It Because The Alternative Is To Be Scared

Never Having Been In Love, This Is Going To Be A Real Trick. I Think Of My Parents. The Way My Father Never Failed To Bring Her Gifts From The Woods. The Way My Mother's Face Would Light Up At The Sound Of His Boots At The Door. The Way She Almost Stopped Living When He Died.