No more than three hours
ago
when your body
made funny sounds with my body
and we breathed
like drums
and our hearts thumped
like rocking chairs,
I opened my eyes,
to the shallow shadow
in the curve
of your right shoulder
and I remembered
-above the smacking
and slipping,
and swallowing,
and wheezing-
the first time I turned over
and watched you sigh
in your sleep.
Jan 28, 2013
Jan 28, 2013 at 8:32 PM UTC
No more than three hours
ago
when your body
made funny sounds with my body
and we breathed
like drums
and our hearts thumped
like rocking chairs,
I opened my eyes,
to the shallow shadow
in the curve
of your right shoulder
and I remembered
-above the smacking
and slipping,
and swallowing,
and wheezing-
the first time I turned over
and watched you sigh
in your sleep.
