Beside You

Nestled closely curved Like two spoons well kept in a drawer I lay beside you every night Drifiting towards the dreamtime Pressing the alien softness of your female flesh Filling hand with its gentle weight Enfolding into your perfect curvature Feeding on your warmth, your living heat As it rises through your skin To cross over into mine. These are the moments The downtime after loveplay When our sexes settle into one another Crossing the in-between of days spent together As an undistinguished One; the Human Beast Who fears the dark Who needs its mate For strength and calm And reasons to get up again. We curled together so By the guttering fire In the frigid cave. We'll curl together so By the guttering fires Of dying suns As we cross the eternal dreamtime Of the Universe, Asleep.