Romance & Relationships
Small World
We sat in the car & the night dropped down until the only sounds were the crickets & the dance of our voices & for a moment the world became small enough to roll back & forth between us.
Slow Heat
melting in the slow heat of a summer night, damp with the dark air & thoughts of you
Single Mind
If I love you with all my heart, she said, what will you give me? & then she stopped & said I didn’t have to answer that because she was going to do it anyway.
Side Effect
I don’t really get jet lag, she said. I just see my husband’s failings more clearly.
Side by Side
We sat side by side in the morning light & looked out at the future together.
Sharing
Of course it’s my body, she said, but I don’t mind sharing.
Right Accessory
Sometimes you just need the right accessory, she said & I said I know, sometimes it takes me an hour to pick the right head & she just ignored me.
Right Practice
It’s hard to say the right words without practice, I said & she whispered in my ear, Say them as many times as you like & we practiced late into the night.
Reminder
I don’t think about sex as much as I used to, I said. But all it takes is a little reminder. Like what? she said. You name it, I said & I knew instantly I had lost all credibility.
Reality Check
I’ve seen too many movies to believe this would happen to me, he said & she smiled & kissed him lightly & said, It’s good to let reality in now & then, don’t you think?
Quiet Spaces
We had gone far enough together to listen easily in the quiet spaces.
Quiet Prayer
As long as the sun shall rise goes the old lovers vow. But we are children of a scientific age & have no time for poetry. Still, I offer a quiet prayer of thanks for the sunlight each time I see your face.
Quick Hider
The only reason my cat’s still with me, she said, is that he hides quicker than everybody else.
Possible Love
She learned to love him before he thought it was even possible,
so he didn’t have a chance to hide & mess it up &
while it was a little scary at times, mainly he could not
even imagine the world without her there.
Perfect Combination
We need a letter that’s like i & u together for when we’re doing stuff like this, he said & I hugged him & said a lot of people want a letter like that.
Partners
Tied together by stuff too difficult to explain to someone new
Overdressed
I’m feeling overdressed, she said & he held her close & said as far as he was concerned she was always that way & her eyes glowed softly in the light of his desire
One Us
Today all I could remember was the way your body held the ocean of my self & for a moment there was only one us in all creation.
One of Those Moods
I don’t want anything from you, I said, unless you want me to want something from you & she smiled & said, I knew you were in one of those moods.
Old Love Songs
We listened as he played the guitar & sang old love songs & then there was a moment we looked at each other & discovered we were much younger than other people might suspect & it was good to know we had that much more time together.