Claret
Retired English prof. Publisher of BrickHouse Books, Inc., MD's oldest literary press. Works with prison writers. Has 7 books out.
it was like
electric blue
highlighting you
beautiful
and wrapped
in me
your eyes
were
clear skies
looking past
my slender spine
and tender heart,
pulling closer,
crying sighs
left bare
breath
abreast
and then you were gone.
now, my soul won’t rest
staggering just beyond
just one kiss of that bliss
wished to be swallowed
for I would surely
follow into the waves
once more and bathe
upon your shore forever