Four Poems

The Nude at the Top of the Stairs

The nude at the top of the stair
was painted by a Grand Master.
For her tint he brush-stroked air,
and curved space to form pleasure.

I have seen this woman dressed.
I have seen this woman naked.
Every time I have been blessed.
Not once have I been misled.

She taught me to yearn again,
to trust in desire
and to seek the better than.
Tears flow as easily as laughter.

The nude above me on the stair,
dawn's glory, sunset's story,
understands my stare.
Fairies don't live just in fantasy.

What do I see when I see my love?
I don't have answers anymore.
I just know I'd rather still be there above
than walking out her door.

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I Remember. . .

A woman in the window
   watching the rain;
coffee pot, comforter
  and a day without pain.

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The Wind

Tonight I flew again my kite...awesomely!
The tug...oh...the sociable, chattering, the friendly wind.
The teasing pull and tug...the tug of the wind on the string--
A living, breathing thing is the wind....a voluptuous, seductive being
brushing against my face, my neck, like a woman's tickling, loving breath
whispering, "Come. Come fly with me.
I will show you places none but you shall see."
And then the wind, she asked of me, of me ...
laughingly, "what is the color of the wind?"

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A Little History

You opened the door
and broke a rule.
We went to the movies,
held hands, laughed, talked,
shared thoughts over wine.
Online, poetry flowed.
I saw more and more of you,
could not believe my good fortune.
Before we fell into the fountain
I fell in love with you.
I thought I had won you.
And I had not.
I said I loved you
And you said, "don't!"
I said, "we were a we."
You said "we were not!"
I thought I had lost you.
Thankfully I had not.
You put me on probation:
ordered me not to touch,
and for a long time, I did not.

I was on the outskirts of you
but never went away.
The one day we discovered
we had places to go and go we did.
Last night you came by for a swim,
committed magic in my pool.
You said things you had never said before.
I said "I love you."
You said it, kind of, too.
And I reiterate to you now
I would give all of me to you
right now, forever,
without taking you away from you.
One time I said to you,
"I would betray all others for you."
You thought that a bit extreme.
But what I meant was that in my heart
I had already left them for you.