I dare not look too closely inside
where lurking, darkest feelings hide
behind the shards of glass pretending to be mirrors
they threaten to sever all my emotions
Instead I drift with aimless thoughts
kept neat and tidy, as in a box
******* with strings crafted by the years
of endless sorrow
never to see the light of day
where my deepest yearnings lie
too fragile for to give away
and risk losing myself forever

to turn a phrase sweetly, oh, to be clever
to wrought a delicate phrase
all the while, in hopes of catching
your eye
to have you longingly gaze
in wonder
Anything, to make your love mine

we follow the curves of our bodies
with distracted fascination
secretly satisfied by our gifts
outwardly disdaining as if
being confident were a sin

I caught that look in your eye
when I casually undressed
your surreptitiously satisfied smile
at the overall swell of my breast
and I was pleased with myself

a dance as old as the ages begins
again and again, seemingly anew
discovering the lines of each other privately
delighted another shares in our view
reaffirming the laws of nature

I was hoping
in this bubble we live
to keep my heart from harm
it is to you I give
all my treasures sacred
All I am or hope to be
so if my love was threatened
you'd keep it safe,
for me

whispers ricochet like shouts in stillness of night
carrying deep and soulful laments
only in darkness do we let our pain see light
in the confusion of trying to make sense
ever searching, speaking without making a sound
stillness of the night stands silent witness
private sentinel to emotions that abound
cover of shadows, to our weaknesses we confess

you tiptoe around the edges of my conscience
fleet of foot, how nimble is your smile!
lightly landing closer and closer to that place
drawing me in, careful all the while
playing music that only you and I hear
melodies of melancholy sweet and low
entranced, I ache to hold you near
in union, while you dance upon my soul

vibrant and alive
there is a rhythm to night
a pulse all its own