Loving you is

like the first sip

of a hot drink.

At first, you’re afraid

you might burn

your tongue.

But after – god – after,

all you want is to

feel the warmth

invading your body

no matter how badly

it burns.

© Terez Sztoika

Terez Sztoika is a young writer at aged 18 and lives in Romania. She is a poet and short story writer, posting mainly on Tumblr and Instagram. She is working on a project called ‘a series of letters’ where she writes letters to different people or herself. One of them is posted on her Tumblr under the title ‘a series of letters: dear body.’

Check out more of her work here:

Tumblr: https://naked-thoughts-about-her.tumblr.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terisztoika/