Summer Romance

Mushroom soft bed hears lines we read aloud Shapely verse rhythms arc like trailing waves Goose-fleshed words uttered, pillow talk endowed Teasing us closer, haze of misbehave Silver dark night, perishable, shapes love Rhythmic movement, a glow in your round eyes A furtive look of courtship, passion's dove Beguiling smile, pulled harp string of loose sighs Arms like branches wrap 'round our oasis To set free the bending tree bark, lonely Whispered covert charm that shifts our basis Desire's loyal touch that smites us slowly To kiss skin cupped about in furrows Till summer's dawn shakes us on the 'morrow Sonnet composed: May 19, 2021