Tangled Up In You

This day, like a warm woolen blanket Covered the evidence of my hypertrophied heart Gave me a plausible alibi for the resulting exuberance And formed a lovely background for the artistry of two souls and bodies entangled in the grass Blue skies with scudding clouds Were a worthy distraction From eyes that saw too much And pierced through my flimsy facade like a sword Cerulean turned to cobalt And white puffs of air to orange, pink, purple and gray As the heat disembogued from daylight star Turned into the cold breath of night As I was lying down Tangled up in you On the cool, hard ground I found That cold night air Doesn't stand a prayer Against the warmth generated From feelings that are shared While I contemplated the rightness of the wrong And the wrongness of the right I realized that nothing within me was prepared, or willing to fight The destruction of the darkness of solitary shade An unconscious decision was made And so I stayed... And prayed That the sweetness of those moments would not ever end And that even though I could not comprehend How my friend and I could transcend The boundaries of time and place I would one day understand The magnitude of the gift we were given...(c)All Rights Reserved by Kristiana Bennett