As

     the leaf

             falls,

                   words

                           fail

                                 me

                                       again.



Copyright/All Rights Reserved Audrey Howitt 2011

On the breath of sighs
I seek to be reborn into the warmth
Of love sated in the glimmer
Of whispers sweeping away the years.

On the breath of sighs
I touch the tenderest part of you,
Sheltered in a heart
Whose beats divide the onrush of worry
From the hand that moves within--
And hope that is enough.

In this breath, this momentary pause,
Can we make enough room
To find each other
Again
And again.



Copyright/All Rights Reserved Audrey Howitt 2011

I look at you and wonder
Will we touch again?
Can we rush toward each other
In the foment of early morning or
In the stillness of midnight?
Desire-
Frozen in time,
Chilled by years,
Forgotten in the onslaught of life,
Lies fertile in me.
Gather me.
Wash me again in whispers that cascade
Like drops glistening on translucent skin,
That I may drink in the fullness of love made new
In a place that time forgot.



Copyright/All Rights Reserved Audrey Howitt 2011