dusk settles on us
in envy as our kisses
turn our hearts into dawn

i know this morning, it's
sleepy birth and noisy birds
never the same as the last

i decipher your skin and eyes
slowly, their secrets ebb
to the surface and ripple

the flower that is your lips and
tongue blooms in my mouth
and sweetens the harshness that
is my dwelling, was

last sunlight is spent on you,
reveals to me that you are
one of heaven's permanent residents