3 A.M.

Dazed
Dozing as I rode next to you.
Whizzing past snow-covered skyscrapers
as tall as my anxiety.
And I wondered what you were thinking.


Eyes closed.


I can't recall what I was dreaming
as you brought me back to consciousness.
Our destination reached.
At that point
my imaginings were blurring with our reality.


You waited wearily as I touched water.
I think it washed away my fear
Refreshed my femininity.
You saw that, right?
Towel-dried. Dressed.
And damn
you held me so tight.
We both found that moment surreal.


Though we never spoke it
we were aching
dying to really feel
Taste lips
Smell natural incense
Surrender to this intensity.
You and me wanted ...
we wanted
everything.


You remember how it all started?
The power of hand palming neck.
Electricity you sent through me
And I purred quietly.
Arching feline back
so that our bodies would make contact
on fragile skin.
Elongated limbs
Breath on collarbone
Arm between hills
rising and falling with the wind.
That power in your hand sent us whirling
into desert lands of no return.


Your eyes were flesh-thirsty
And I was the prey of your daydreams.
On that night
I became the real thing.
So real
that you can taste me as you read this.
But no worries.
I won't tell all our secrets.