Exhaustion has taken your place.
With it comes peace
deep slumber
numbs and protects me
from missing you.
All the places you aren't
hands wrapped around
the neck of your bass,
indentations in linens,
and your man smell.
I sniff, sleep with
your pillow against
my cheek
breathing you home.
Is it a dream that
rolls me over
in sudden
sharp darkness?
I can barely tell
that it's you.
Remember you
wanting
me that bad,
stirring me
from sleep
to part my legs
and greet me
with desire?
I wake slowly, wonder
how did you get here:
I fell asleep alone.
Stretching and
coming awake
you're tasting me
telling me, "I love you."
When we join in that
sudden darkness
we are the sparks
that light the moon
the stars wait
for our charge.
Love me electric
play me,
squeeze, bite, moan,
and bring your love inside.
Let me hold you
and move you in circles,
show you how
you make me
glad for the night.
Climb up with me
onto the roof
lay across the peak
envision summer heat
as our blanket.
Take me as close as you can to the sky
before you bring me home.
