The One
I saw you from across the roomExuding masculine energyFrom your granite jaw and gunmetal eyes.Every woman’s eyes were on youAs you strode through the room,Looking for the one you’d make happy tonight. Your steely eyes captured each gaze, one at a time,One bee seeking one specific flower.Onlytheone.You knew what you wantedand would not settle. My […]
Siren of the Night
She slips into the night.The air, hot as a lover’s breath.She clutches a towel close to her bare skin.She scans the dark for signs of life.No lights or voicesto disrupt her mission.Palm fronds rustle in the breeze—whispering, “We’re alone. Go ahead.” She pauses at the pool’s edge.Then…the towel puddles,a bridal veil on her wedding night. […]
Kindle
I strike a match—a flicker.Possibility crackles in the air;a sparkdances between usbefore the flame catches. Eyes meet.Heat rises—a silent pulse,a force older than the sunpulls us in. My breath catches.Inches feel like milesjust beforethe touch of fingertipsor the brush of lips,the space betweenheavy with the scentof desire— a breath held,on the edgeof touch.
A Literary Flirtation
He sits sprawled,in his usual overstuffed chair.Pretending to read,but watching her instead. She types him in quiet stanzas,eyes lowered.She peers through her lashesmemorizing every detail Every glance he stealsis a line borrowedfrom the poem in her heartand the margins of her longing. He reads herin sidelong silences,lips twitching at the cornersdecoding ellipses where words should […]
Midnight Sky
The colors of day are gone, Slipped beneath the horizon Leaving a mystery of blue As deep as the ocean. It drapes around me, A sensual blanket Radiant with shimmers of starlight, Lush comfort for my solitude. The whispers of leaves Tell tender secrets to the trees About summer loves remembered. The night is mine […]
Infusion
I dangle, oozing slowly, A golden flutter on the lip of a spoon. Pungent steam curls up— fascination grows as his leaves unfurl in the heat. He waits, smoldering— while I stretch— delighting in the slow tease of gravity’s coaxing. I begin to melt, watching him swirl beneath the surface, trying not to ripple. I […]