By soulsease
Submitted by soulsease
Date: 2001 Nov 16
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Golden Afternoon

Sunlight flows sumptuously into the room,
Gently prising open the window with nonchalant power,
Pooling richly against the bed
Where you lay
Bathed in gilded fire,
More real than a dream,
More ethereal than real,
An angel captured for one silken moment
In the eyes and mind of my devotion.

Rich golden afternoon sun
Traces lazy whorls in faint motes
Until at last it rests on you.
Your tanned skin drinks in the sunlight,
Desert thirst pulling the essence from the fire,
Consumed, subsumed, elemental force,
Gathered beneath your skin
Glowing within you
Burning in my sight.

Sunlight traces golden filigree of your hair
As it cascades in softly contoured waves
Across the warmth of you
Sunlight picks out your shape
As you move languidly
Restrained, yet dangerous, suzerain,
Feline stealth,
Tawny lioness,
Towards me.

I am lost in the golden afternoon light
Drowning in your eyes,
Dazed by the power of your smile
Burning in your passion, your heat
The nearness of you.
As once you consumed the light of sun and stars
To feed your inner golden glow,
You consume me,
Make me part of you.


Copyright soulsease 1999