You come in on drumbeat
Casual in black and gray
Forged in darkness, the ring you bear
Has a silver inscription, twisting the fine lines
Of our friendship into love,
Companions linked in darkness –
We are beautiful now
That we’ve come into the light
My skirt swishes in the dreary half-day
Of the rain cloud’s graying light
My black womb meshes one with yours
Hair a fine and silken red,
Your lips press gently down on me
Rain tongues drowning in the imagery
Of our lives, link to link
Rusted there by the magic of the night
Wet wood buckles us to a ground
Of muddy disposition
And although you can dusk-mask
Your agog fantasies
You cannot try to hide
The love amongst the brush and leaves
Floored by circumstances,
Undercover the wet blanket sky
The gray light lets us recognize
The fire alit in your eyes
In tune and exactly on beat
You revealed your love for me
I’m taken by the metal droplets
And the acidic taste of rain
Leaden fingers on my hips, I taste
You – so close for all these years
We never thought,
And now we’re caught,
In love with the dim lighting
Flashing life upon tourmaline
Webbing between our sorry eyes
