By galadrial
Date: 2005 Feb 21
Comment on this Work
[[2005.02.21.23.01.29138]]

sleeping like spoons

Sleeping like spoons,
sterling to stainless
the patina mellow in morning glow
hair scattered between us,
clinging to your skin
i open my eyes to the sweet dim.

Moving so lightly
you can't feel the shift,
yet your hand seeks my solid
settles and sleeps again
while I watch your features
still again to secure.

Sterling is not supposed
to sleep tongue and jowl
with impudent stainless,
our patterns do not match
our pedigree unalike.
Different table wear
from different times.

You are soup perhaps,
and I am tea or dessert---
and the saavy housekeeper
would never allow such a pairing.
But my base metal settles
against your precious gleam,
your arms wrap me
til we are that close,
and once again we sleep like spoons,
and ignore the world
that says we are not a compliment.