Lovers

Slipping and sliding,
then settling into you.
You are warm,
like summer nights.
Your hair on my tongue,
as you reach for a drink
of water.
I’m hungry for everything that lies
beyond the walls
around your heart.
You sense my desire,
and begin to speak;
I am moved by your openness.
I could get comfortable
with this.
How long can you keep it up?
How long before you close off
and water turns to poison
you cannot escape?
I want to hold you,
forever in my gaze,
cradled by love
I freely give.
Thank you for receiving.
I know this is a gift.
You are a firefly
in my night sky;
the light you cast
flickers only for a little while.
I cherish you
while we struggle
to make sense of it all.
I don’t know how much further
we can go,
naked and hungry,
but we can remember this time
as a time of letting go...