waiting


         here ....
          waiting
    
               knowing you will come
           sooner  or  later
                      hoping  it  will  be  sooner
                                          yet  knowing  it  will  be.
                                       waiting ....
                                          expecting
                                          knowing you will drive
                                                  the night roads
                                          to lie down beside me
                                          to have my body close to yours
                                          to have our bodies
                                        fit together in sleep ....
                                                  to  be  home.
                                        waiting ....
                                          anticipating
                                          your body
                                                  so soft    so warm
                                                  so strong and welcoming
                                          ....so wanting mine.
                                and then  ....   me
                                        lying against your arm
                                          cradled,  protected,  content
                                        my face
                                          half on your chest
                                          half on your shoulder
                                                leg wound around yours
                                                hand resting on your side
                                        free to caress
                                                        your face
                                                          your arm
                                                            your hair
                                        the sheet pulled up around us
                                        the blanket kicked onto the floor
                                                our positions taken.
                                          the night light shining
                                        allowing me to see your face
                                                your face
                                        the face i love
                                and you saying .... turn the light out
                               and me saying .... soon ....
                                          me    just wanting to look at your
              face
                                        a bit longer     a minute longer
                                          me    just wanting to imprint this
              moment
                                        of you in my memory
                            me just wanting to emboss your face
                                    on my heart.
            and then ....
                  the light is out
                 and we are
                tasting the experience
                            of shared sleep
              woven together by dreams and desire
              woven together by entangled limbs.
                      here ....
                    waiting
                      knowing you will come
                      sooner  or  later
                         hoping  it  will  be  sooner
                              yet  knowing  it  will  be.
                                        waiting ....
                                          expecting
                                          knowing you will drive
                                        the night roads
                                          to lie down beside me
                                          to have my body touching yours.
                                        waiting ....
                                          anticipating you
                                          knowing i am happiest
                                        when lying beside you
                                        my face
                                          half on your chest
                                          half on your shoulder.


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