(as published in Neh Magazine, August, 2010)
In these summer evenings
the fog rolls in low from the sea
the sunset lingers purple
and the stars are visible in a high sky
You dip me down into the cool abyss
of where we aren't supposed to be
and I lull in your arms for a moment
before remembering
to come floating back
You play me, loving
the game and the challenge
and I find myself playing back
A giggle, a kiss near your ear
letting you soap my back
then leaping away
as the suds slip down my thighs
In the end, I just love your chest
and the way you swing my life
into exactly how I want it to be
And that's it, I want to dance
next to the fire but not in it
not even over it
I have what I want right here
in these hot days and cool evenings
It's good to be home for summer
