a day away from yesterdays

the ocean breezes bake the wind

with salt that’s dancing on the skin

the sun is laughing on the sand

while i’m amidst your gentle hand

and lips that glitter from the gloss

i kiss them and then feel the loss

in moments that i will not know

the kiss your lips just might bestow

i touch and then i touch again

where all beginnings have an end

then right back at the starting line

across from you as we both dine

your skin is white your hair is red

your eyes are green my heart is fed

with fare much finer than the plates

before us on this dinner date

then back to stroll along the shore

i am content while wanting more

then at the fairgrounds stalls abound

we sample foods that we have found

i snap your picture ferris wheel

i laugh as if a doctor healed

my laugh box that has long been sick

you are the flame and i’m the wick

we take our leave without question

bedroom rooms at hotel westin

where kiss and touch begin again

as beauty bathes your silken skin

and beds designed for travel sleep

is where i pray my soul to keep

in your embrace caress your face

like seraphim bestowing grace

green apple seas of ocean eyes

is where i drown in satisfied

 

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in early morning 3 a.m.

i watch you sleep beside my whim

the crow’s feet white around my eyes

my constant smile made them hide

from sunshine soaked in yesterday

where laughter etched my hair of gray

and darkness dancing with my heart

had nothing left but to depart

the china moon now hides it glow

cause on your skin it’s come to know

it pales against your ivory flesh

that holds my eyes and takes my breath

i long to wake you with a word

like echoes from the morning bird

to stop the hateful rest of sleep

wherein this poet longs and weeps

to know the charms that will disarm

this longing that will do me harm

the sun will come upon this day

you’ll wake and we’ll be on our way

in checkout time and breakfast plates

where whispered words no longer wait

to talk of beauty you possess

your breasts dancing with suppleness

that after you god broke the mold

such beauty could not be foretold

or re-imagined on another

all secrets now he has uncovered

as evidence of the divine

no greater witness one will find

to steal’s a sin but steal a kiss

is worth hell’s fire for such bliss

you’re like a web in which i’m trapped

all manly strength is slowly sapped

your soft inhale of sleep’s dark veil

move’s your breasts, my heart’s impaled

for in the darkest part of night

i watch you in angelic light

the beauty of your face inspires

embers of my burning fire

my words disturbed and left unheard

pour in your sugar slowly stir

 

*

 

the day is here, your wake is near

i want to make it very clear

that love’s the story of this tale

but will this poet finally fail

to find the words to make it known

that you’re the wings on which i’ve flown

to the sun and back again

bouquet of sunrays on my skin

best day ever will not sever

all my words that will endeavor

to capture images of you

wrapped in everything you’re due

until the stars both near and far

align and become what you are

a constellation glowing bright

illuminating sleepless nights

for who can sleep while you possess

the cause of all my restlessness

beauty untold i now unfold

and paint the canvas bright and bold

hair afire will inspire

all these dances with desire

soft full lips and ivory skin

to artists’ muse you are akin

for god created paradise

then in his wisdom and advice

formed you as the centerpiece

so i could fall into increase

and make a mountain out of words

till every ear has finally heard

and every heart is made aware

of beauty with which none compare

 

*

 

you awake and with your lips

where nectar of the gods will drip

you kissed me like the morning dew

till all i ever need is you

sundrenched solace soaks my soul

just by your waking i’m consoled

a son of stardust satisfied

and in your waking i abide

just like the sun whose sole purpose

is to shine upon your tenderness

so take my hand in gesture grand

encircle like a wedding band

the flesh that frames my fragile form

and be my port in every storm

wherein with just the sight of you

no storm can dampen with its hue

calm the waves and still the sea

and with your kisses set me free

till all i am is that which knows

the kisses which your lips bestow

my hands upon your tenderness

as more than just a welcomed guest

and like the broken ferris wheel

we saw last night within a field

that was made whole just by your touch

with children laughing amid such

you bring me joy until i spin

my dizzy steadied with your skin

 

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