For Carl
by Melissa S
Though you're far away-
I wake up with you each morning,
streams of shadow and light dancing across my neck and hair
dewy breath like silk against me, rousing me from bed
And too, you are here when the day is at its intensity
exposing my skin with light
your finger tips gliding against me and sweat, so alive
And at night, we lay together also
and cast our warmth aginst eachother
as the bronze rays mix into the clouds
we recede deep into the blankets too
until the light gradually dims into
embers of warm embrace.