your body
Sings through the
stinging Desire,
The awakened ache,
Of this moment-
The carnal urgency
That must be answered-
It will have my response,
I promise, my love-

And when it does
Will your eyes be
open or closed
To the gift I offer up to
You, the awareness
Of just how beautiful
you truly are, just how perfect
You feel tangled deep
in my embrace?

Will the rain falling
Hard outside our motel
Window be that lasting image-
our heads sharing this pillow,
The graying sky keeping her
Silent vigil over us tonight-
haunting your beautiful
Brain when it’s quiet?

When the taste of
Tonight
Is a fading ghost on your
Tongue- touch your lips-
Gently, softly-
Trace the path of my kiss-
The skin has its own
Memory of
the heat of us
Long after.