Her Heart is a Song
Secrets untold
Stolen moments lost in the echo
of silent footsteps down the hall
Frightening light filters through the
crack of her door
paper thin safety
Pastel walls swallow
telling shadows
Behaving bed
absent of sound
soaked in sweat and sadness
Softly clenched eyes
feign sleep
silky skin
dead
unflinching
as he explores
fulfills his demand
a child pregnant forever
with the hope of tomorrow
Rum and Eggnog
together again, you are home
pulling out soon enough yesterday
morning to beat the near hurricane
force winds down on the coast
helping me out once more with chores
and errands, indulging in the extras
when you do the shopping, taking
back your role as father - I smile
when I hear from top of the stairs a
young holler, I'm going with dad. I
sigh at the silence; my world takes
a deep breath, believing it may once
again begin to revolve. Still, how quickly
we fall into each our own comforts, you
in your chair before the TV, me in mine
in front of this, a smaller screen. Soon I
shut down through, call it a night to be
with you, too long since I've been able
to sit across your lap in your lazy-boy
as so often before. Teasing your lips
with mine, your neck for another reminder
your ear for that playful giggle, spawning
those goose bumps, feeling your subtle
flinch, arousal beneath me, hearing your
loving snicker as you ask me if this is
what a rum and eggnog does for me and
I reflect with a coy smile, an offer to
make me another and see for yourself.
Addicted
to the Net he thought
or was it poetry boards
specifically?
regardless
I know the feeling
after a long day
kids and work and
duties galore
cutting loose
peach cooler on ice
whooping it up
snug social life
fine as wine
cyber as it is
click here, surf there
snoop aroundl
laugh and wonder
piece together
debate this, banter that
voice a
welcomed opinion
butt in
caring one day
resident bitch the next
wouldn't trade it for the world
now that I have it
love it
knowledge and life
learning through
prattle
people
poetry
some friends distant
still worth calling
a friend
tighter bonds
closer few
I'd trust
with my life
as I do now with
my heart