[for D---K---, whose altar service, personality and shoelessness inspired this poem]
"Physical intimacies are but surface emotions, forgotten as soon as they are satisfied; whereas spiritual intimacies live in the heart, they are part of our eternal life, and reach beyond the stars."
---J. G. Nicholson, The Romance Of A Choir Boy
His dark hair (a middle part) cascades below
his shoulder blades. Beneath his robe's floor length hem,
his unshod feet are ensheathed by the softness
of semi-sheer socks. His God-given soul
seeks male to male love.
Starward