Her Words

She's mine now

all of her

she has offered herself

freely

and I

accept

I expect

that I will never tire

of her eyes

dark warm pools

of strong coffee

keeping me

awake alive alert

for her

showing me

her secrets

she has her left locks

undone

for me

she

allows these hands

worn hard, rough

to love

every inch of her

to take comfort

in the weight of her breasts

in my palms

the feel of her heartbeat

is my calm

I keep my head 

pressed against her chest

for this song

this rhythm

has given way 

to countless conversations

she is now 

deep in her patience

after years of silent retreat

deep in cessation

she had all but given up 

given out

but now

she gives it all 

to me 

she lets me see 

what she's kept 

in that darkness 

she 

has left lights on

for me 

so she can be 

open

to the love she once

feared

was fairly sure

wasn't real 

was so convinced 

would never find her 

she

this delicious creature

has signed

her name 

boldly 

on my skin 

Sanskrit 

so that I worship 

at the throne of her

make offerings

to her soft sad smile

the scent of coconut 

in her hair

her skin 

bare

like the moon

on a cloudless sky

each and every star 

in those dangerous eyes

her laugh 

at my ear, on my mouth 

her hands in my own

my lips on her collarbone 

the hard edges 

of her heart

that she has allowed me 

to soften,  if often

if I can promise to go slow

to understand 

she may never be more 

than she is today

though time

has allowed her to say

yes she is mine 

yes she is 

yes she and I 

are both at the precipice

of this 

forever 

and I get her when she's silent

in the daylight 

in the day I 

walk beside her 

guide her gently 

to our nights 

where she speaks freely 

for no one but me 

where I make her tears

ones she loves

that come 

as often 

as she does 

for me 

for me 

she has acquiesced 

with that half smile 

to let me stay 

a while 

while 

I figure out the rest of her

the best of her 

is already in my heart

but it's hard to convince 

her 

but it's all in due time 

cause I 

have her now 

she said she's all in 

she's everything 

I'd ever wished to end with 

she's it for this life 

and the next 

she 's the first and last 

word in each line 

she 

is 

this

and this 

is all mine