(for Patty)

Falling into
your eyes.

the deepest
pool of
autumn
honey
brown.

that I
have
ever tasted.

hard to
catch my
breath.

your heart
running
wild
inside
my chest.

the morning
light reminds
me that
time'
like
love
has it's
own universal
place.

between your
smile
and mine.

and the
rest
of our
lives
together.

nothing can
ever
take
me away
from this
place.

all my
mornings
are promised
to you.

and all
of my
Godly
prayers
begin and
end with
you felt
deep.

in the
places
where no one
else
can go.

where dreams
are the
every
day moments
we live.

(for Patty)


25 years on

but a

moment,


the bonding

and nurturing

of two hearts

as one,


the fitting

and casting

of two

pieces of

clay

in God's

hands,


to form

the perfect

union of

heaven

and earth

in our

souls.


and the

words

"my wife"


I speak in

reverence,

and in

God's ears

I whisper

every night.


"I am not

worthy

to lie by

your side,


or dream

for a

moment

in your

loving eyes..


but I trust

in God's

plan he

will make

me a better

man ..

because one

moment

under the

morning star


he gave

me you.

And now  love

has taken

you this

distance,


and the

shadows

of your

innocence

have left

you with

gypsy

lines of

wisdom

upon your

face.

and faith

has given

you this

patience

to be

this certain

that this

love is

all you

will ever

want,

ever need.


and that

the taste

of his kisses

will never

leave your

lips,

and I

will forever listen

to your story,


and revisit

my prayers

for your

marriage

throughout

the day.

and though

I was never

to be

your forever after,


it has

been just

a simple

trust of

hearts

that you

have shown

myself to me,


and allowed

me to share

in your

joy.


and for

that my

friend


I will always

be most

grateful.

Fingers stretched
by fate
of open hands
lie still upon
the hillside
sloping grass,

hoping
to reach
out to you
and pull
you on
top of me..

my imagination
chasing teddy
bear clouds

running across
the open sky
that I wish
I could
see reflected
back at me
in your eyes.

lost for
a moment
in the
grey shadows
of this day.

I stop and
dream
of you.

and for
a moment
you are here.

and suddenly

it is like no

place I

have ever

known,

it must be

the moment

when everything

before us

dies.

and love

lies naked

in our

eyes.

and eternity
smiles.

Seeing your
eyes
breaking
dawn
as they
first awake,

reaching
to pull
your body
close
to mine,

the peeling
back of
emotion
upon our
lips,

the exhilaration
of my
tongue
dancing
with yours.

never missing
step always
yearning
for more.

losing my
hands deep
in your
angel
hair,

smelling
your scent
on me

like a warm

summer's rain.

love is
an angel
with full
wings
spread

faith
is it's
journey
that takes
our hearts

and destiny.

and love is

the seed
I give
you deep

this morning.

No longer
caught
between the
struggle for
love and
the loneliness
of a warm
body to
fill your
bed.

love has
come to
take your
hand and
heart
this day.

and make
your spirit
bleed into
the heart
of the other.

and will
your sighs
be heard
deep into
the night
until all
your strength
is gone.

and as
this world
turns one
more time,

will you
christen
the night
with your
tears of
joy.

to be
the bride
you were
always meant
to be.

the wife
to be
cherished
beyond
all else.

and may
love's
dreams
fill your
head and
his arms
be always
there to
hold
you.

like the
two sides
of a rainbow.

one unable
to exist
without

the other.

Without
hesitation
I would
give up
forever,

for a day
to be
spent
with you,

nothing old
everything
new.

the touch
of your
hand for
the first
time,

the seal
of our
lips
under
stars.

the sound
of your
voice,

the dance
of your
eyes.

listening
to your
heart
with my
ear
pressed
close,

the unveiling
of love
in your
touch.

the bond
of passion
and secret
wishes
on our
tongues.

yes

without
regret

I would
give up
forever
for a day
to be
spent with

you.

And I
will sit
outside
your heart's
door, and
wait and
listen and
collect all
of the
broken pieces
of your
dreams
gone by .


and I
will hold
them close
to mine.
and covet
them deep
in the most
purest places
of my soul.
until they
all come
true.

I have come
to know
you in the
star bursts
of your eyes,


and gentle
curl of
your hair,

the easy

parting
of your lips.


and  I find
myself to  
in the daydreams
of you in
my walks,


and feel you
in the
winds that
surround
my face,


and the salt
spray that
reaches up
to me from
the Santa Barbara

sea.
I carry you
everywhere
with me
in the remains
of my days,


and it will
never be
my place
to wonder
why..

I breathe

I think of

you.they

become one

in the same.

\And for the


world of
things
and the
soft
curve of
your smile,


and the
magical
sound of
your laugh.
do I search
the stars

in the black
cape of
this nights
surrender.


looking for
the moment,
when our eyes
meet and our
spirits dance,


and time
truly finds
it's meaning.

until then

I will live

for so

much less.


and be

no more

than the

black spaces

between the

stars at night.

the kissing poems

sleep
eludes me
like a shadow
in the
sun,

watching
you sleep
and  breathe,

excites me,

your naked
chest rising
and falling
in our
bed,

my thoughts
of you
move
like wet
dreams
over your
body.

and I
can think
of nothing
else.

it is a
moments
gift you
give me
every morning
lying by
your side.

when everything
in the
universe
is here
beside me

in this
single
moment.

and time
stops
in your
first kiss,

and my
heart stirs
in your
eyes

and soul.

And through
the moon
shadows
I watch
you sleep,


innocent
slumber of
a angel
resting
from flight.,


wings that
have touched
my heart.


smile have
found
refuge in
my soul.


tonight in
these moon
shadows
that always
make me
think of you.

and my
thoughts
begin with
you,

like the first
snow on
a winter
hillside,
or the
first star
that you
see at
night.
and I have
come to
realize
that I am
so much
more because
of it,


of knowing
you, for
wishing upon
stars at
night,


that I
might
spend my
whole life

alone.


if only for

the chance

to see you
once.

midnight kisses.


Tonight
under the
rumble
of our
moistened
satin
sheets,

I could
not hold
you any
tighter
between
my arms,

or could
I lie
deeper
in your
sighs,

and in
our bed.

there
is no
doubt
in the
stars
that fall
around
us over
head.

and my
universe
tilts
to your
eyes,

and my
senses
fill with
the taste
of you,

and over
and over
again
this one
moment
will never

be enough.

Sometimes

at night

I wake

with a

mad man's

torn and

bitter soul.


and a

mad man's

hard and

tempered

heart.


it is here

that the

years

have carried

me ashore.


to all these

unanswered

questions

of life's

struggles.


all of

the people

around me

who have

been stained

by their

tears of love

as they

come and

go.


as they

come and

go.


but not

you,


a rekindled spark

is in

your eyes.


you have

settled here.


and there

is a calm

wake upon

the water

that is

all around

you


and you

move in

rhythm

with him

in your

heart and

mind,


and God as

your witness


on your

wedding day,


love will

make you an

angel of

innocence

again,


and you

will fall

like natures

******

snow upon

a Colorado

field.


to cover

your love


from life's

cold winters

night


to arise

in spring


renewed.


with your

lover's

first kiss

of morning

upon your

lips ,


and his smile

is inside your

eyes anyone

can see.

in this

tenderest

of moments,


you have

found your


heart again.

And around
the world
my thoughts
come to
you again.


tripping like
water over a
Brooke,


a child
catching himself
rise and fall on
his first
bicycle,


a heart
feeling
the weight
of it's
first crush.


so I sit
and listen
and breathe
deeply and
suddenly
you are
here,


and suddenly
I am
so much
more than

just the

moment that

was before.

Morning shines

to illuminate

your body,

the quiver of

your *****

as I move

my hands

between

your open

legs.


the begging

of your breath

as you anticipate

my every

move.


the arching

of your back

as your body

reaches

up to fine

it's heavenly

union with

mine..


and the full wet

kisses always

the full wet

kisses,


that bring

me home to

you again.

I breathe you in,


the tilt

of your

head in

the evening's

diamond  light,


the rays

of the moon

swimming

through your

tangled golden

hair,


here is

the only

place that

I was ever

destined

to be,


like snow

on a mountain

never one

without

the other.


and I

listen to

the beating

of your

heart,


as it echoes

inside me

with the

vibration

of a

nomad's

sand dollar

drum,


and it

carries me

to no place

that I have ever

been before.


all in

a moment

with you,


and deep

kisses


the kind

that take

our breath

away..

This evening,

By all

that you

do,


my thoughts

are buried

deep inside

your smile.,


never to

forget anything

of your

beauty

that fills

my eyes


like a

child at

play you

move through

me,


with innocence

and the

grace of a

first morning

awakening.,


your raven

hair spilling

across your

pillow,


I sleep

in dream

a thousand

miles away.


with these

thoughts

of you

to keep

me warm.


to share

to worship

under

this cantelope

shaped moon.


where spirits

dance to the

music of your

name,


and I

am but

a child

in your

eyes..


and yet

so much

more than I

ever was


before.

Behind the

black mirror

that sometimes

you look

through in

your life.


I am

the love

and balance

behind it.


the giver

of kisses

of compassion

and  lust.


bury me deep

in your lips,

follow me

far in your

dreams

let go

of all of

the doubts

that past

loves have

burden you

with,


like a

weighted

vessel taking

water on in

high seas.


to much,

enough is

enough,


now bend only

to me and

under you

I will bend

willingly

to you.


and nothing else

in time

will matter.

and your

blue eyes

will be


my sky

and all I

will forever

call home...

It rolls over

heavy on

your mind

this new

person that

you have

become.


and like

an eraser

of the

tenderest kind

I kiss your

doubts

away and

smile.


I wrap my

arms around

you with

the deepest

intent

of never letting

go.


and then

you kiss

me again,

soft open

and you

are mine

for the

taking.


and our

nights

are long

without

sleep.


till morning

has broken,


and I turn

to kiss

you again.

In a

half breath

of this

moment

lying next

to you,

I have

felt more

than I

ever have

in my life.


the brushing

of my

hand through

the back

of your

angel hair,


the sleeping

of my dreams

while

lying next

to you,


then waking

up and seeing

them all

come true

in your

eyes.


and I kiss

you forever,

under broken

falling stars,


and give

you promises

to keep

deep inside

your heart.


to care

for us

and smiles

that only

we share

and laughter

that only we

hear early

under  pristine

light.


where angels

lay,

and where

after  the

still black

night I

always

reach

to make

love to

you...

The sound
of his breathing
rolls
over you,

like a
angel's
wings
to a
breeze,

the smell
of his body
fills you,

like fresh
baked
chocolate
chip
cookies
on a Sunday
morning,

and your
feet
lie bare foot
upon the
earth,

as you
walk
hand and
hand to
nowhere
in particular.

and the
mornings
first
kiss is like
no other
kiss that
you have
ever known..

but now
to you
it is
becoming
everything
in your life,

that is
so familiar

the cut
of his
face,

and depth
of his eyes.

the still.

when nothing
needs to
be said.

when the
two become
one,

and the
one becomes

everything.

,


.

the positioning of souls


you may

weep to cleanse

my face,


I may

sing to

bring

joy to

your day.


and the

streams blend

to rivers


and sunlight

warms the belly

of high

clouds.


and we

are each

of these

things.


not one

more or

less

than the

other,


open wide

around me,


hold your

arms unforgiving

around my soul


let me feel

your cycles

as they

weave

around

me,


with truth

honor and passion

for all that you

do..


and just

as God

the creator

has placed

the moon perfect

from the earth,


and placed

the sun

perfect

to the

universe.


so has

he placed

you and I


to each other.


no darkness...


blending

as one...


a destiny


not two...

It is

the ripening

of our lips

to one another

I cherish

most.


the familiarity

of wet love

upon wet love.

the taste

of our

mouths naked

together

pressed hard

then gentle

as we

entwine in

the night.


we are

the direction

in each other's

lives that

the wind blows.


the direction

of passion's

tides, as I

lay my

body upon

yours.


and it is

in the acceptance

of your

angel

kisses I

find

the greatest

peace that

I have ever


known.

I sit
a man
on a
bubble gum
shaped hill.

with my
dream
thoughts

tangled
up in
this day
with
you.

while Marsh
mellow
clouds
run like
wild horses,

across
the Cimmaron
sky .

between
here and
this
sun,

Where somewhere
I know
you are.

and it
is enough.
to know

that I
embrace
the winds
that find
pleasure
in your
hair,

that
I kiss
the rains
that
fall
upon
your face

and in

moments

quench your

thirst and

mine.


and  know our
journey
in this
world will

never be
alone.

Morning"s

first light,


I watch you sleep

as shadows wash

the room,


and children's finger

painting strokes

touch the walls

with random

streaks of light.


and while I recite

my morning prayers

to God's sky.


you breathe easy like

a still lake at dusk.


and as I watch

you slumber,

    
I melt upon

your waters

to sink deeper

and deeper

in your wake.


and your

skin is the color

of hard kentucky

cider,


and it intoxicates

me and gently

spins the room.

your sheets slowly

slip from your shoulders

exposing your tender
  
******* to the

new found light.


and I

sit amazed

by your innocence

of beauty.


your magic

of open grace.


and a great

joy comes over me.


to realize that I

will be the first

to greet

your day.


and for that my
God I am truly

grateful  

indeed.

Dust
collects
on stale
hearts,

moon light
dissipates
warmth as
night falls
around you.

poet's pen
bleeds true
and deep

subscribes
only to
you,

and our
misgivings.

If I
am cast
to be
no one
in your
eyes,

I will
take the
passage

gratefully.

to wander
lost between
your heart
and soul

and never
ask for
love's true

offering.

and that
fate would
be true
and just,

a simple
life for a
simple man,

who once made
the mistake
to ever
dream of love
and you.

The weather is

in your eyes,


and the tossing

of cumulus clouds

across this

Charcol sky  ..


open is

my heart

to your tender

smile. and yours

to mine as well.


bed fellows

of winter nights.


and time

is somehow

misplaced

by your

touch.


it lingers longer

it means more.


whenever you

are near.


and the

nape of

your neck,

is where all

true loves

goes to

die,


in ecstasy

and in

celebration.


and this

moment

cannot

last long

enough.


nor your

kiss cannot

reach deep

enough to

quench the

thirst that

God has

given me

for you.


and as

this moment

finally

passes,


you take the

best that

is me with

you,


and it is given

willingly

and I

know I will

never be

the same

again.

waking in my
Empty tombstone

bed my *****

picked clean,


my temper

tested and

left to it's

madness.


the unbalance

thoughts of

your leaving.


holes in my front shirt

pocket, where I used

to keep all my secrets

of you.


the tasty ones,

without equal,


the scent of  you

around me now feeling

like hell's wrath.


I saw you with him

last night,


him taking the place of my

kisses stealing the flickers of

starlight from your eyes.


but it was not

me and I must

swear that to

oath from

now on,


it will never be

me again.


I am an old photograph

with nothing to

do in your

heart but fade.


an old song that will never

be able to change it's

tune.


and your  love

will never find me

here again.


with my

pants dropped

down below

my knees.


But the newspaper

will still come to

christen my

cobble porch

tomorrow


and in the afternoon

the trash flies will come to

be scattered and picked up

by four,


on this slow news day.


as my bones turn to grey

and my heart can ask for

nothing more.


than to stand

in love's
broken corners

alone.

Brown boat

Pelicans flee
towards the
horizons
retreating
light,

like ten disciples
to this
nights
final cause.


three stars
in alignment
pillar the sky
over me,


and a summer

wind carries me
home to you,


and a wish
that you
are safe
and warm.
and I

might wake

tomorrow
forever in your

eyes

Without thought

with first

breath, I

turn and

yearn for

your touch.


sunday morning

midnight stars

hidden away there

in your eyes,


I pray to

the morning

for you.


sunlight

slowly wakes

and crawls

like a

newborn

baby

across our bedroom

floor.


I can't wait

a moment

longer  to celebrate

this moment

with our first

morning

kiss.


your lips

taste of

honey

and sweet

necture and

lover's wet

memories

from

the night

before.


and this day

still finds

me drunk

in your

passion


and dancing

in  your

princess blue

eyes,


and with

your mouth

open and our

tongues light

and gentle

across and

around and

around

eachother's

desires..

again.


I think.

this must

certainly

be all that

love was

ever meant

to be.

And the

weight of

us lies deep

and full

breath

within your

angel

eyes.


and your lips

and open

mouth

are my

salvation.


as we

lie on

this lazy

Sunday morning

kisses

falling

upon us,


like broken

stars falling from

the sky.


and love

is the

weight

of us,


and tomorrow

a day

that we

hope

will never

come...

I must of had

one eye blind

not to see

the rest

of you.


walking through

the kitchen

for a midnight

snack.


sleeping next to

me on our lace pillows

with the moon

slumbering

upside down above

our bed.


and all that

you have forgotten,

I have not

forgotten a thing.


your naked taste,

the tangled ringlets

in your auburn hair.


to me love was always

a blossom and my

nights with you

a fairy tale rite.


of sunshine

and light,

of star flights

and falls.


but still somewhere

in between

all of this

I lost you.


and the colors

and the textures

of the world as

well.


now I just dream

one eye blind,


walking in my sleep

half me without you.


a broken turtle

without a

shell a

lost tomorrow

without a sun

to kiss it's

face.

We move
in the
tides
of one
another
without
thought.

we feel
the warmth
of one
another
without
skin.

I navigate
to you
under a
pitch black
sky.

with a
harlequin
compass
of heart.

in giving

in forgiveness

to God.

and all
I want
to be

in these
moments

humbleness
and grace.

is this
reflection,

in your
angel
heart

in your

angel eyes

tonight.

It is the

barren place

of silence and lost

eyes,


and long deep sighs

of the sweetest

sorrow that I remember

you best.



hopes and dreams

stumbling past

my eyes like

a three-legged

dog , turning right

turning right

turning right.


always ending up

in the same

place it started.


my waterfall tears

expired my fate

is simply that

I no longer

hold your interest anymore.


like a small

child discarding

a once favorite

toy.


I will not

be welcomed

back.


and the wonder

of it all


is that I wasn't

ready to leave.


I never would

of been ready

to leave,


but that was

not my dream

it was yours,


and now love is dead,


and like a dried and

nasty smelling

womb,



God knows

in your heart

for me.


my love will

never grow

again.

And hearts
lie bleeding.

in your
open
arms
tonight.

an unkind
waste
of sugar
kisses.

and silhouettes
finding faith
naked
in the
dark..

this night
hungers
for sincerity.

and the
bare
bones
of your
past
lover's
dried
will not
do.

nor the
quiet
whispers
of untrue
suitors lying
at your
feet.

that is
why night
is the
time
I always
think
of you.

so you
will always
know,

that in
the cold
that in
the black.

you are
never
ever
truly

alone.

Open eyes /  

perhaps in
your eyes
is there
a color
just for
me..

a blessing
never given
before

unconditionally.

a hue
of love
and laughter
and life,

a bridge between
us that no one
else can travel?

when you
cry let my arms
fall around
me,

stay within
my breath
and body's
warmth.

when you
suffer let
your soul
open
and come
to confession,

to take me in
without judgment
or hesitation.

let the moments
we share be everything,

be the trademark

in every moment
that you live.

and at night
lie with
me there
still..

in heaven's slumber.

not confused
or obligated
by love's awkward
physical desires..

be only giving
and accepting
and embracing
in our bodies
open pleasure,

in every moment
that our bodies
touch.

be my vessel
to fill and drink,

to hold and be
drunk in
the magic of
your open
eyes..

that look
into this
world and the
next.

and see my seed
buried deep
inside you.

to the place
where prayers are
answered

to the
bed where
you will
never be
alone

to cry.

These pages

of white

are the

places

I know

you best.


where

I feel

you here

all around

me,


not a

shadow

but a

window

that you

see into

my heart.


you consume

my spirit

but it

is never

exhausted.


you are

a flame

within me

that warms

my soul,


and bends

me over

your sky,


to reach

but never

touch

the ground.


you are

light

to the

corners

of my

life that

need to

be seen,


to be

expressed

in these

words

that only

you can


bring from

me.


and why

that is

so is

not important,


just as

it is not

our right

to ask

of a

star falling

from the

sky if

it is only

for my

taking.


I will

only take

whatever

moments

you can

give me.


whatever

prayers

you might

have.


and ask

nothing

in return.


like the

rain

to a

field.


I just

grow


to you.

We move
in the
tides
of one
another
without
thought.

we feel
the warmth
of one
another
without
skin.

I navigate
to you
under a
pitch black
sky.

with a
harlequin
compass
of heart.

in giving

in forgiveness

to God.

and all
I want
to be

in these
moments

humbleness
and grace.

is this
reflection,

in your
angel
heart

in your

angel eyes

tonight.

The gentle
turn of
your smile.

a gift
of heart.

your chest
rises
and falls.

moods
of siren
yearnings
fill the
room.

situation
adorable.

a poet's
words
dangled
out of
place.

the
sweet
smell
of you.

the magic
of the
air as
you walk
through
my dreams.

touching
here
laughing
there,

like
a arc
angel
in flight.

wings to
carry
me away.

far from
view.

to the
places
where
all good
things
go.

to shed
their
lies
and reveal
themselves.

on God's
cutting
floor.

where the
two
becomes
one.

and the
one,

is
never
two

again.

The children poems 4 (for everyone )


I was not
born till
I first
saw your
eyes.

I am
not me
but you,

I have
pieced  my
life together
with the
threads
of all
your beautiful
smiles

and
God felt
moments
that you
have given
me,

and as
time moved
I moved with
you,

and every
moment
of my
life
has been
truly blessed.

different
mothers
but in
the end
all for
me,

and I
have been
undeserving

a pauper
with a kings
bounty
in hand.

my life has
always been
rich because
of you.

and as
I sit
on this
hill and
think of
you I
realize
with crystal
clarity,

my dreams
have  always
been here
before
me,

every time
I looked
into my
children's
eyes.

Whispered
words
between
us.

your
midnight
lavender
lipstick
a godsend
to my
lips.

we are
spirits
bonded,

but not
to the
mercy
of flesh.

we dream
deeply in
a million
colors,

painting
big white
billy goat
clouds in
our rainbow
dreams.

like children
playing in
a school
yard after
dark.

retreating
from the
idea of
ever having
to go home..

from one
moment to
the next.

we soar
without

prejudice
of lost
innocence.

our feet
never
to touch
the ground

again.

Nothing must
ever be
left
unsaid
between
us.

or we
risk the
chance that
we may
truly
be lost.

nor midnight
whispers
unspoken,

nor morning
sighs seeking
refuge
unanswered

nor bleeding
promises
forsaken

to dust.

all are the
treasures
of you
I keep.

this moment
this embrace

they are
the seeds

of all
we might
ever
become

together.

We left

our shades

of innocence

at the door,


we have

lived more

than enough

to bleed

and weep

openly in

front of

each others

eyes.


scares exposed

open wounds

oozing regret

and yet

celebrating

our struggles

and will

to survive.


and in

the shadow

of everything

is your

angel heart,


and gentle

laughter and

appreciation

of life

and love,


and I have

come to applaud

you so,

in the

echoes of

still shadows,


and dance

in the thunder

and tear open

your ****** dress.


your view of

me is pure

and I do not

find that

often in

this place ,

this black

shaped world

that surrounds

us.


to be still

and open

and seeking nothing

but to dance in

your smile.


and kiss

naked

without end,


to never want

to wake

from this

dream of

you and I

this morning.

Till your
a hundred
and one.

close your
eyes
tight
like a

galleon's
treasure
chest,

and bury
your
dreams

deep
inside
me.

safe
from
pirates
and
wobbly
sorts.

and I
will be
there in
the air
around
you.

dream
calm
serene

like a child
saying the
shepherds
prayer

before
she lays
her head
down to
sleep.

and I will
not sleep

and I

will not

falter

till you

awake

and sing.......

Something I

remember

most about

you.


When you were

about 4 years

old for

some odd

reason you

would want

me to

cuddle with you

and lie down

and read

books in

the corner

of  a room.


it would

never take

long and soon

you were

in your

angel sleep.


and often

was the

time we would

wake up

in a pile

of blankets

in the morning

that way.


with each

of our dreams

tucked away

in each other's

hearts.


with you resting

your head

on my

arm and

your tangled

angel hair all

wrapped up

around my

face.


I never asked

you for reasons

why but

eventually

you grew out

of this phase,


but to this day

those nights

with you

lying next to

me with your

stuffed animals

were some

of the most

tenderest moments

of my life.


your little

angel sighs  

when you

would turn

your body

one way

and then

the next.


and every

moment it

just meant

more and more

to me

to realize

that for the


rest of

my life

that God

had given

me you

to take

care of.


and now at

21 one years

old with

my eyes
wide open,

with God as

my witness

you are one of

the most

beautiful things

that I

have ever

seen.

We move
to our early
morning
lullaby

of the
moon
surrendering
itself
down
to rest.

whispers
between us
shared,

with no
one else.

cats at
our feet
making
pillows of
our toes.

Sumatran
coffee
brewing
unattended
in the next
room.

and all
I can do
is look at
you in
amazement
while
you
sleep.

and guard
your dreams
from broken
places.

and time at
this moment

at this
heartbeat

at this
breath

in the

sum of

all things

my love


is you.

Come take
your mind
on down
with me .

let our bodies
be canvases
to the tributes
of our
lives.

leave  
our old stories
like tattered
and worn
baggage

by the
door.

be each
others
savior for
awhile.

a old lover's
lament.

not trying
to fill in
each other's
water color
dreams,

with lies
or half
obligated
promises.

and finally
when the
late afternoon

comes to
swallow our
worn
innocence.

close the
door.

leave unsaid
the words
that must
be said.

return us
both with
some dignity


to the out
skirts
of our
lives.

A secret
passed

given in
confidence
of heart

from you
to me.

confided
in trust,

held with
a mother's
care.

the guard
has been
set.

boundaries
defined.

seasons
to follow
to be

tended
with grace.

souls to
be harvested
not wasted
to seed.

a child to
dance

by songs

of you..

and under
every  
moon"s ripe
bellied
womb.

from
here to
eternity's
gate.

each day

A prayer
I will
send

to you.

If we were 10.

through
my child's
eye,

thoughts
of you
skip across
my mind,

like pebble
thoughts
thrown
on a river.

on a
summer's
day,

while
children play.

innocence
parading
homemade
kites a
bending,

to the
shears
of the wind
at Tempest
heights.

back pockets
emptied,

to a new
friend
offered

all that
I worldly
possess,

this ******* jack
compass,
this slinky,  
and this
cat's eye
marble
blue.

I give
to you,

everything
I possess

and
nothing
less.

My love
inhales.

I take
your breath.

scorpion
tracks
of salt
from
the hot
sun
run down

your
golden
tanned
back.

you arch
to receive
me.

my body
slopes
to deliver.

and stars
collide.

and
black stone
belly clouds
burst to

deliver
white
snow
diamonds

from the

empty sky.

heavens
rage,

love binds
us eternal.

this dream

I have
of you

tonight.