Having

chocolate

morsel

eyes

set in

pecan

lids

cliffs

of

cheekbone

toothy

smile

raucous

laugh

sofa

laying

smiling

as

I

paint

him

with

words

and

his

cinnamon

skin

Twilight

moon’s

hi-lights

drift

atop

linen

and

torsos

dark

blond

hair

bathe

in

moon

glow

all

is

silent

except

one

lonely

cricket

chirping

our

nocturne

Smiling

I

laugh

laughing

with

you

intimate

moments

when

a

world

spies

on

us

trying

to

understand

our

ages

often

confusing

the

decades

difference

as

desire

instead

of

curious

wisdom

Foggy

awake

sensing

heat

rolling

near

your

smooth

back

we

fit

together

jigsaw

puzzle

pieces

arms

drape

beneath

linen

pulling

you

close

let

the

day

begin

and

night

never

end

The

sin

I

committed

was

seeing

you

as

I

wished

you

to

be

thus

blinded

to

the

beauty

you

were

and

for

that

I

now

suffer

a

penance

of

loss