fits and starts
A great silence falls from the sky
only deep draughts of air
and the maddening beat of blood
to fill this night
As starry eyes burn slowly
into midnight
into sea.

It is this moment that
I wish to steal from you-
like a furtive glance
or a forbidden kiss
I want to feel you here

please
Stay.

In this place
where no time passes
measured only in every breath
and every beat
and every word unspoken
to color the hours

mind whirling
as the last of the waves touches
naked           with eyes closed           like butterfly wings
and hands slowly tracing          circles on soft velveteen            salt on my lips
blood rushes to the hips
and slowly

ever so slowly

the ancient dance
the movement of the night
sets me aflame
anew.