for the love of a good woman
to what links would a man go
to offer his roses in a rainstorm
while wading waist deep in raging rivers
through an over grown jungle
carrying along his own heart in a thorny cage
at the chance of being thwarted by those in
opposition to he and his newly unearthed love
desire is a mean rider
whether in the form of
a lick of lush lips
or a quiet eye's sudden storm
or a subtle change in voice
that only a love sick heart has the ability
to decode all on its own
the night is a fevered ally
the crest of a new morning
a fleshed union
a spiritual covenent
sealed by the bond between
the bodies that laid together
in breathless entanglement
the night prior............
( written Sept 18,2006 930pm)