together

(working title for a bit created together)

first rays of sun kissing skin
appreciative looks, admiring friend
smiling eyes, whispering touch
growing hunger as fingertips brush
heated skins brought to a bursting glory
cold clear waters suddenly cool,
moisture ridden madness rises again,
wide eyed friends join intertwined'
soft rhythmatic motions climax,
smiles of joy and a wave to an envious crowd above.

blue reflections

I give myself to this joy:
these unexpected pleasures,
sun resting on bare skin,
the depth and reflection of blue,
this rekindled inspiration,
uncensored mermaid calling,
secret messages and your fingertips.

Yet some days the brilliance pales.
The wind conjurs thunderheads,
and blustered gray thoughts
whip through dreamscapes.
Summer takes a sheen of unreality:
were you really there?
was that really me?

But mostly I give myself over.
Constraints from without and within
do nothing to quash my desire –
(these moments are droplets of water,
are light reflected through sapphires)
-knowing we’ll dance again
in the depths and blue reflection.

A Matter of Light

A jealous sun guards its daytime light,
Fearful of moonshade and the night,
The stars laugh with overriding might,
The clouds weary as they have no fight.

The sun shows its patience until another sunrise
Clouds adrift always a moody compromise
Stars afar with their own glow glaze
The sun sets and gives its praise

Alas, a struggle between sun and dark
The clouds at the mercy of both
and the stars far removed can only
laugh from their vantage point.

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