Sunday, July 29, 2007

Thursday Morning

The wind creeps in the window crack,

crisp 7AM air brings sounds of

mourning doves.

The tangle of sheets, a cocoon of warmth,

guards skin from a cool spring breeze.

Baby evergreens brush a cadence against window screens,

politely calling for attention.

You snuffle and roll over,

skin goose-bumped from the touch of a fresh draft,

hiding sensitive eyelids from the bright white sky.

I slide closer.

A strand of hair falls onto my face,

as I press my cheek into the dip

between bare shoulder blades.

Your heart beats in time to the outdoors.

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