when your breath
my heart caressed
sweetly amended
i
ascended whole
at long last
accumulating hopeful
me,
no longer dissembling
yet trembling and
avowedly anointed
we,
being more than
ever i could
alone have been
stands untouched
upon the mantle bare
the flavor passed
the moment gone
recalling such joys
i’d never thought
to know at all but
for my beloved you
you reach behind
and stroke my neck
and let the touch
of love beguile me
your fingers adept
caress my deepest
soul with hope intent
on one more kiss
and so before you go
a saddening smile
across your lips
bespeak but to me
this simple oath
that before this time
of mine be done
we two shall share
in gentle warmth
and keenest bliss
a loving embrace
and one more glass
the warmth of you
accompanies my day,
resides ever beside me
before me, within me,
it clings to my skin
like the hopeful breath
of an honest moon,
reminding me still
always reminding me
how far we have come
how far you have gone
