Silly Little Love Poem

The soft serenity between us as we

Gaze past wide opened pupils to see

Breathing together in tender tethers

All that we behold naught may sever

I am reminded of a home long ago lost

A promised joy, how paths are crossed

To hold your hand and in silence know

Through time & trials to me you’ll show

Beyond the pale of age earned by change

The form and frailty of just what remains

That profoundly delicate and precious us

Wholeness of our beings together in trust

Within your caring contact I am immersed

I end weary longing, bring drink & thirst 

Strong arms cradle the small of your back

Cheek presses ear, my breath on your neck

By the scent of your hair, I swoon in bliss

Awakening the hunger I wish not to resist

Touch triumphs with words found wanting

Creating closeness persistent and haunting

With slowly approaching passion lips meet

Stripped of all fashion, untamed contact heat

Organic fusion to excite fresh deconstruction

Free flowing movements & loving instruction

Selflessness as only found in one well centered

Touch, dancing movements, mutually mentored

Sacred subtlety of what your faint sounds show

What you disclose to me, and no one else knows

I see and accept in you what you might be & are

Things kept inside, hid from light, shared in dark

Temporal tensions no longer trouble purest of art

Beholden to the present moment, no end nor start

I uncover true you, and you me, in timeless now

A forgotten without rhyme or reason question how

Could be sustained or perhaps stay in locked embrace

We stained abandoned strays strong in animal grace

Though we reflect each to the other in even measure

We are more than mirrors & this is more than pleasure

Our ligature is love which originates with life as source

Nothing is prefigured, we are inspired by creative force

You may close your eyes, for I will stay by your side

But open your heart to all that my affection provides

There’s no shame in acknowledging one’s true needs

We shelter each other, careful in both word and deeds

Lay with me now, your hand and head upon my chest

Hear our hearts beat close each by the other buttressed

- Brandon Fenton 2014