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Jennifer Hamonic

Jamie

Finally~
night rushes (you) in...
lips thaw mine
breathing life gentle
& impatient
filling me,
flooding my senses
leaving only texture & taste
in the darkness
until I am caught
between passion
& fear--
this fierce quick tenderness.

And when the sunlight steals (you) away
I squeeze my eyes shut
against the gray minutes
& grim hours
stretching out
across the spaces between
us
as I wait
~silent, frozen~
for you to return...
for the day to die.