, I want more
your cradling arms, your
pushagainst, small brush in passing
that sends a warmth crawling up my neck
as much as I am young & new
and pink and yellow just as bright as
a daisy! sometimes
I long, too
for the softness of longevity
like wind on my cheek, you
are almost all light, sometimes, I never
expected--
somedays, I'm sure the hue of your skin is
all filter, and I am just romanticizing,
as always
but the red in your beard is all the harshness in the world, sometimes.
and the sound of your laughter fills my head, echoes as if this small room
were an abandoned cathedral
and
your voice
the first prayer heard in a hundred years.