She jumps up when my key turns,
Leaving her sofa;
Greeting me like a puppy would
Its owner after
Twenty one dog-days.
I drop my bag and guitar,
Swimming in the scent of
Woman straight
From shower. All is home with
This girl. No palace of gold, no
City in the clouds,
No exotic boat ride on
Green waters, no top of any
Mountain, no bar, casino or
Cabin in the world where I'd
Rather be than here.
After we've sat -nearly on top
Of each other- for a while, she
Asks what I'd like to do now.
Anything that includes my
Girlfriend, I reply, and she hugs
Me for the seventeenth time in
As many minutes.
Can't stop touching each other.
Her hair is a unicorn's mane
Against my hands, skin like a baby's
Tummy, hands like those of a young
Mother's upon anything she
Loves; all with the honest affection
Of one.
I am home, I sigh to myself, and
She looks at me as if thinking
He is home, leaving me so
Happy for us both that I just
Want to lean down over our relationship
And pat it lovingly behind its ear.