Not Long Enough
by Sharon A Goff, in Poems
Not Long Enough
By: Sharon Goff
I am wrapped in his strong arms.
Tattoos claim his skin. Loneliness
leaves when his warm eyes
caress me. His flesh
ignites my body, a crackling fire.
His scorching touch and smile,
his bare chest and arms
quicken me. His presence-
warm sage tender-
melts away the day.
Only he and I make up
this space and time, physics
of our reality.
I want this night.
We kiss and kiss a thousand
ways. The house is still, the silence
which is often loud
disappears tonight. May time
disappear tonight so that
his lips which press
on mine may always
press, always stir me,
quench my never-ending
thirst. I want to rest
bare flesh against
bare flesh, trembling. His eyes
the aphrodisiac, his
kindness that won me, if only
for the night.