Already Gone...

We spoke of the night sky,

I liked the way your eyes smiled,

When you did.

I loved the way you walked,

At once assured, and boyishly shy,

I wondered who you came here with,

And, if you were alone, why?

We spoke of schools and jobs

And of dreams and soon, very

Soon.

Of invitations. Awkward moments,

Spent fiddling with iPhones in the thunderous,

Chaos of that place.

Performers danced, and sang, and we...

Watched. Each. Other.

You smelled fresh, like the way the Earth looks at sunRise.

You danced into me, not just on me.

And, I trusted you.

Like someone I'd known,

For years long.

I noted the way you held me,

Like a protector of me,

Like a guardian I didn't need,

A warning I didn't heed.

Your place was nice,

A bachelor pad, not.

I felt comfortable,

Homespent and new,

Excited and true,

It began to rain,

And, the thunder crasHed around,

All the pain,

Lightning punctuated,

The harmonious howl of the wind,

The heat of you,

Distinct and nestled in.

A passion,

We had not known,

An intensity neVer shown,

Like some newborn,

And true thing.

Your arms were,

Full up and strong,

My heart murmured and eeked out,

A new, favored song,

And, the winds kept howling,

The rain was beating down on the roof,

The window panes,

The car hoods below,

The street,

Trickling down drains,

Into raveens,

Water, there

No longer seen.

Slumber came,

In your arms.

The morning intruded,

Brightly.

Like some new sun thing,

I had never seen.

I smiled down on you,

Remembering this thing,

This LoveMake we had done.

At that moment,

I gathered me still,

Moving past ruffled sheets,

And pillow indentions,

And when you would awake,

I would already be gone...