The Way

The way you touch my hair

Gentle, hard, forgiving.

The way you move all of me there

As the world around us keeps spinning

The way our smiles dance together

Laughing, contented, free willing

The way we melt in the great wherever

As space moves us to coexisting

The way your eyes quiet my questions

Kind, strong, protecting

The way no words spill our intentions

As our senses are still persisting

The way you look into my thoughts

Seeing, deep, redeeming

The way you caress even broken parts

As night heats up to steaming

The way our stares know each other

Mischievous, sweet, blushing

The way we shudder when undercover

As our skin simmers to flushing

The way your strength shakes my senses

Quiet, potent, directing

The way soft smiles break your defenses

As each shift glides towards perfecting

The way you hug my hips tight

Light, secure, possessing

The way you see all of my delight

As the seconds keep us guessing

The way our dreams melt to each other

Seemless, consuming, yielding

The way we never seem to recover

As the minutes leave us reeling

The way your touch slowly matures

Knowing, confident, existing

The way my hand lays in yours

As we know time is just beginning

Shadows

A trickle of salt

laying down of tears.

A day seems so dark

heightening so many fears.

Gentle longing for the day

where sleep rests easy.

No more uncertainty where to lay

instead in a bed, calm and breezy.

Night shadows which once came alive

some day will ebb in still air.

Replaced with a will to thrive

fears now lacking their evil stare.

Gray creeps towards a light grin

lips smile assuredly bountiful.

A hope of serenity slides in

coolly touching all that is needful.

Feelings of unanimity sprint towards destiny

where one day lightness will come.

Moments of oneness will emerge sweetly

and safe arms will make you feel home.

This Sin

Is this sin a feeling within

Is it truth or dare

To know yourself

To know that sultry stare

Will you be cast out

Among the low and degraded

When everything you had given

Was your all that was elated

Do you know who you are

Or where your boundaries once lay

Are you willing to give in

Before night turns to day

Have you gazed at the aura  

Under the spell of a soft sashay

Of pear-shaped hips so perfect

Upon where you’ve seen the gentle sway

Does your chest catch your breath

From seeing curves expertly sloped

Does the flesh of the back amaze

Even more than you once hoped

Is it alright to feel

Supple skin lovingly cared for

Embracing each tiny sinew

Needing not just now but more

Are you emboldened by a smile

Shy cheeks dimpled gently

Is there anything less than light

Behind dark eyes raised intently

Can you imagine a reason

For which to deny your certainty

Should you leave these questions unanswered

Or embrace all with breathless temerity

Fearful

So much fear

Lurking darkly in the soul

Strength always was present

yet could not have shone through.

One look was only needed

To quell silent questions

When pain slowly crept in

and burrowed in so deep.

Each night, despair gave itself life

Each day was scarcely lived

Clouded memories barely lasted

yet fear is remembered years later.

There was no truth,

Only perpetuations of variance

Honor knew nothing of that life

and the spirit died each day.

Life was stolen in that time

Comfort no longer had a home

Security fell away to the dark

yet hope tried to survive.

War was fought within the self

Questioned how much can one stand

Rumblings of panic flooded quickly

and clarity burned through all.

There could be no great death

This was not a life lived freely

Facades crumbled to earthen cinders

yet time still needed to prevail.

Years later, the air breathes

Eyes bespeak freedom gained

Wastes of fear long gave way

and each dawn starts anew.

In a Lifetime

Gone now

though never ever there

But there it was in one moment,

Naked feet walking in dewy grass.

Warmth in the sky

Heat everywhere and yet nowhere

But there were the smiles,

The blinding light of the lips could last forever.

There is no pulse, no breath

No minutes or day

But there was a lifetime once,

Lived only by the nights of last.

Now past never revisits

Scenes played out but never lived

But sorrow lost its home,

Contentment presses in eager to shine.

No Longer Unfinished

It’s been so long

since the leaves became dry

Since I saw your smile

and laughed with your eyes

So completely have things changed

I perhaps was not ready

Admittedly, still enamored

with emotions so heady

Time passed with silence

and seasons willed their change

No longer any pretense

and all became estranged

Two minds were so close

could have almost been one

But one willing party

has gradually turned to none.

Time

Everything is so different.

Subtly, Life turned to me

And whispered “I’m here”

then left in a rolling wind

Everything is so different.

I close my eyes

And memories crash forth

wanting a place to reside

Everything is so different.

I stand outside in light warmth

And take in sweet scents

that ache as they pass through

Everything is so different.

The day breathes in

And thoughts collide stunningly

boldly possessing all that’s laid bare

Everything is so different.

Strongly, exhalations of the past fall

And give way to newness

brought forth by a soaking rain.