Lips that purse
With passing thought
Smile more readily
Than expected
Touch welcome
As tender as that
Mouth is
Noble aquiline nose
Eyelashes dark against cheek
Coloured as precious stones
Golden like sunlight
Shifting with the thoughts
Behind those eyes
Can’t stop watching
Raised eyebrow
Only ever in fun
Soft strands of hair
Pliant under fingers
Often at the odds and ends
Hands gentle
Treat me with kid gloves
Words that pull me out
Sweeten and warm my ear
Straight to my soul
As arms enfold me
Keeping me
Cradling me
Making precious
This girl
A mind full
With hopes and dreams
Yours and others
With tidbits
Wit nearby to make me
Giggle senselessly
A heart reaching
Taking on others troubles
But never too full
For more

You ask why I adore you
Now…
Now, you know.

I can hear the sigh of the tide
Lying here in the darkness
With the softest of sounds
The tide comes in
Gently hissing in
Sometimes rumbling
Gushing, it rushes out
Ever so slightly louder

I lie here in the dark
Listening to the even tide
To that rhythm of your breath
And I could lie here always
In the warm tangle of us
Just listening
To the tides of your life
Repeating and endless
Here, in the warm dark
With you

Little girl
Haunted look in your eyes
Don’t see only pain
Don’t close off to happiness
Please don’t flinch
When I touch your cheek
Crawl up here
Into my lap
Lay your head on my shoulder
Lay the weight of your world
Here, I can carry it
Close your eyes
My hand in your hair
Heartbeat harmony
Let it soothe you
Sleep to dream away
The monsters, the unrest
Wake with sleepy-eyed wonder
The world a different place
To my mussed little woman
The beat of my heart
Sleep, so tomorrow
You might see anew
And see a different world
Hope and light reflected
In those dark pools once more