Seeing you seeing
Me like cats
We stared at
First curious then
Alarmed weighing whether
One caused the
Other harm timidly
Touching like a
Child to the
Glow of an
Angel first a
Finger then a
Hand then the
Shoulder spreading slowly
To the chest
Like pancake batter
Poured on griddles
Pausing like a
Cloudburst when the
Sun breaks free
Suddenly aware of
Nakedness we clutch
Each other in
Our chagrin knowing
Now right now
That we could
That we can
Leap from safety
Into the skies
Sea like parachutists
Hoping that the
Canopies we are
Will open landing
Us softly and
Safely onto the
Bed down below
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 