It is that time before bed
When the day says stop
But still there are things to do
As talk and chat winds down
We give our attention
To the News and Weather
As couples do before bed
Before the sorting of cats
Locking the doors
Before going upstairs
To brush teeth and
Peek at the children
(Oh the way the heart’s
love leaps as
the landing-light falls
on those dear faces -
sleep gathering in
what the day has grown)
_______________________
Now the promise
Of bed’s lamplight
The click of the switch
And the slow radiance
Of the low-energy bulb
Spreading across pillows
Into the shadows where
As I lie in bed and melt
you remove your clothes
Such careful unbuttoning
before the limbs’ balletic
Moves in sequence
Pull-up draw-down
Shed-off un-hook
Drop fold pile place
A jigsaw of curved forms
coming together
in a dance of shadows
And now the final gesture
When if naked or not you
Stoop to pull the cover back
In exquisite shudder
Your *******
Fall and sway
As the smooth fruit
Of your beauty’s
Tree is revealed
Oct 13, 2012
Oct 13, 2012 at 3:04 AM UTC
It is that time before bed
When the day says stop
But still there are things to do
As talk and chat winds down
We give our attention
To the News and Weather
As couples do before bed
Before the sorting of cats
Locking the doors
Before going upstairs
To brush teeth and
Peek at the children
(Oh the way the heart’s
love leaps as
the landing-light falls
on those dear faces -
sleep gathering in
what the day has grown)
_______________________
Now the promise
Of bed’s lamplight
The click of the switch
And the slow radiance
Of the low-energy bulb
Spreading across pillows
Into the shadows where
As I lie in bed and melt
you remove your clothes
Such careful unbuttoning
before the limbs’ balletic
Moves in sequence
Pull-up draw-down
Shed-off un-hook
Drop fold pile place
A jigsaw of curved forms
coming together
in a dance of shadows
And now the final gesture
When if naked or not you
Stoop to pull the cover back
In exquisite shudder
Your *******
Fall and sway
As the smooth fruit
Of your beauty’s
Tree is revealed
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