Eclipse Words

He skims

kisses

down my spine

and I

am dying

inside

he sees me

different

than I see myself

to him I am 

magic 

fragile 

in his palms

he is delicate

with his attention

he is slow

to find

his way

inside

I ask

for speed

he comforts me

he whispers

patience

in my ear

against

my jaw

I am in awe

of the way

he discovers

places

I thought

long lost

but I am wrong

he has crafted

maps

in the dark

while I slept

while I kept

what was left

of my heart

hidden

he was driven

to uncover

unlock

restock

replenish

the stores

of my empty

spaces

he traces

his name

on my skin

with his tongue

and his words

become

part of me

the start of me

maybe believing

things

I thought

could not be true

but last night

on that bed

held

in his arms

in his hands

I began to understand

the plans

he has

for me

and my heart

and these sheets

and these weeks

that he will seek

to stretch

into forever

I wanted to lie down

I was honest

about my empty heart

but he tries hard

to show me more

more than sex

he says

--Let’s

let me

love you

slow

strong

long

into the deepest parts

of the night

let me go

until I find your heart

your soul

so

I can build

so I can bring

you too the edge

and you can trust

that I won’t let

you fall

further

than these hands--

and these words

they own

all that I am

and I am

afraid

but he knows

and he’s prepared

for contingencies

for my inability 

to see

me 

the way I 

exist 

in his eyes

he is gentle 

he delivers

liquid 

languid 

love

and above 

me, I see

stars 

sky 

night

--let me 

love you 

right--

from his lips 

he offers this

he sinks

so so slow

down 

deep 

low

he goes 

on 

owns

my very being

spreads through

my every nerve, feeling

the currents 

humming

hurting oh so perfect

he assures me

I am 

oh so worth it

this pull that reaches

out through me

its warmth 

making my body 

glow 

beneath his own

this want carefully

collected 

coiled 

tight 

as please 

breathes 

right 

out of desperate lips

I 

want 

this 

him 

in 

me 

stroking

slow

smoke

building 

so willing 

to spark kindling 

between 

the pink spilling

my desire

on the dangers 

of this fire 

higher

higher 

higher

climbs

this pyre 

he creates 

so that I die 

amid his grace

his good

his great

and in the end

I taste 

his tongue

as he catches

breath

escaping lungs

I am lifted

swiftly 

off this 

plane 

as I explode

shatter sweet 

into his waiting heat

and 

we 

align 

eclipse 

the night

with our blinding blazing light

and I 

think I might

just 

this 

once

trust him with this heart

offer him this love