I love…
        I love your rumbling tummy
        I love how our hands fit together
        I love that I feel safe with you
        I love your voice
        I love listening to you on the phone
                For hours…
                And hours…
        I love getting your voicemails
        I love laughing at you
        I love laughing with you
        I love laughing and you
        I love listening to you
        I love talking to you
        I love happy you
        I love sad you
                Angry you,
                Stressed you
        I love your hands
        I love being with you
        I love being in sketchy alleys with you
        I love being in broad daylight with you
        I love being with you at night
        I love kissing you
               Yes, you may steal my lips
        I love rolling around with you
I love you.

Four feet kicking leaves
Shuffling along the sidewalk, just in step
Together, so four become two
Crisp air sending goosebumps up arms
And down backs
A swirling breeze sends leaves
Leaping up
Away from our feet
Pulling my attention back
Back to you
Back to the silence hanging between us
A thoughtful silence
Full of observation and contemplation.

indivIduals make up teams

                  lazy hands sLow boats
or they rush slides—Or both
                 very tired… Very tired…
               every day, thE same thing

                can’t we switCh it up?
                       raise youR hands!
               everyone togEther at the finish
                                   we Won!!

Closed doors with trash cans in front
Blocking outside access
Who knows what goes on back there
With the lock engaged
Secretively, furtively
The tiny click
A signal to keep out
There for all who know to read

Sweet amid the cool grass
          Whispering, grasping, embracing
                    Hoping that soft endearments are coming
     Silky, silent desire