a winter romance encapsulated
I could survive on your scent aloneIf only for one night at a time
With skin so soft you make silk envious
Make cashmere have to rethink its legacy
And satin have to reinvent itself just to keep up
tracing the lines of your body with my fingertips into the depths of the night
Hungry for each step taken across every individual centimeter of you
And I never get too tired to find more landmarks to make you inch closer to me
Across your bedspread stained with the panting of my wanting
For you to be so close to me no manmade measure of space could quantify
Hoping to pull you in close enough to share skin with
Share breath with
So each heartbeat keeps both of us up long enough for me to taste the space between your shoulder and the nape of your neck just one more time
Clenching your fingers between mine and drawing you closer to me
Closer than particles of air can count
Closer than comfort
And somehow we keep it comfortable and casual
Until the night I peel your coverings from you and taste every inch of you with tongue so hungry it can only be sated by your sweat and panted prayers
I've never been one to say grace before any meal
but with the feast you entreated upon me I felt need to silently say thanks
For the bounty laid naked and shivering before me
The way you melted into my embrace
Kissing my neck and shoulder
The way you moved against my lips
And the way you approached my nervous form
Showed me even younger Scorpios know the tracks of how to work a man
And you worked me so very well
Despite my less than full mast presentation
you still sailed that ship to harbor
With every crew member smiling and sweating for another departure
And I still sit here
At an empty harbor with drink in hand
Waiting for the captain
To embark with on another voyage of adventure
Poetry by David W Durney
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Written on 2009-01-05 at 07:31
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