Now and the Wait
My heart’s a shudder behind yours- a tremble and a shake from failing altogether. I lie against your smooth skin and listen to your heart, nestled as it is between ribs I’ve counted in the dark as my nipples brushed up and down them. There’s a miracle in every beat, every wet suck at the air a blessing. And the greatest miracle- your aching shudder against mine…
Ah, only if I could save this forever, the play of shadows across the linen, the shape your smile must make in the dawn. But day is coming and there is only now and the wait.