The tryst

[Song]

Skin taut
tight frisson

& I never thought
never believed
never imagined

High as a kite
blue blue

Venus rises

akin to
moon’s silver

orb.

I am the same
not different

& I never thought
never believed
never imagined

I am the same
not different

although these
ancient vows

float across
the room

from a
stranger’s
tongue

& if she knew
if she really knew
even imagined

how this
has been.

Yes,
ancient vows
with gossamer

threads

float across
the room

to bind this.

Unexpected moments
bring laughter

& this time

the first dance
is all my own:

& I never thought
never believed
never imagined.

You seem happy
bemused at times

so much woman
answering your
call:

be careful what
you wish for

you wanted all
I  hope it’s not
too much,

too much
of everything.

The night
weaves on

forever:

carousers give
way to silence

then 5am
dawn chorus

adrenaline still
lingers, shaky
hands

pupils distended.

Some new kind
of creature

faces the dawn
double edged

alluring
mystical.