Def Poetry #20

silently smiling i left-

and deftly your words crept

up and slept in my brain

displacing the swept complaints

of inept restraints i had placed

to chase away the wept afraids

and on my walk i heard your words talking

in their sleep

awakening the happy feelings hidden deep

braiding the time and place

to secure a more solid pace

imminent release of the rise and fade

and the sunlight from the shade

plays across your face

in this memory of that smile that spread,

in our shared bed

lazily lingering, your fingers

still give chase in the hair on my neck and the back of my head

and i still can feel the press of your lips

and the warmth of your body displaced

into mine and mine slipped into yours

and yours slips into my mind

i smile and walk silently by

day dreaming my life, as it takes its real shape

the black and white lens of this embrace

provides escape from the thoughts that race

and your hands

have walked the small of my back

and back to their home in my own

and i've seen the place in your eyes

where there is no black

just the brightest of light

and as our lips press so tight

an understanding grace falls slightly-

and in that profound sound of silence smiling

i begin to think that you and i, we got it right

or it got me right

or it got us right

yeah it got me the right motivation

the motive elation of the momentous

anticipation

and in these moments i masquerade in movement

so momentary like laughter in times of maturation

and surely i'm shared in this jubilation.

for living in this life has been breathtakin.

my breath has been takin

and i stand unshaken for the memories

in my mind are consistently insistent on replaying.