…in a sea of stars

Come sweetheart
come tumble down
in love with me
unveil yourself
to this unanswerable desire
that echoes in our hearts

whirling in flight
let it take us together
into the velvet night
where unspoken promises
are understood
whispered to us
danced upon
our acquiescent flesh

this dream is far too sweet
we love passionately
in a thousand different ways
the peaks blaze up against the sky
the petals that flow with our blood
tremble in full bloom

tender like water
our passion runs
like oncoming tides
we swim in a sea of stars
I am a bird in song
impatient with desire
your sure fingers
sound the strings of my soul

slowly, you release me
I breathe you in
and we fall
into dripping colours
where at last, we lie
in sweet repose
embraced by infinity itself
and so, I drown in joy
and drown, and drown
once more
© Ann Bagnall