Texts in the Night

She says, "I want your kiss on my neck. I want your hands to pace my body. I want your weight to crush me. I want your love."

He says, "I want to be the cartographer for the hills and valleys of your land."

She says, "Don't stop there."

He says, "I run my anatomy across an undiscovered country."

She says, "I consumed a harbored ship begging to be fed and cared for."

He says, "Wreck your ship against my jagged shore."

She says, "Crush my hull against a sweet pain and gasp with every passing wave."

He says, "Monolithic stones weigh impassive against screaming passionate sacrifices. Poetry spilled against winsdswept canvas."

He says, "Call my name against the clouds. Whisper my name against the ground. Sigh my name against our memories."

She says, "I know that name from a familiar time. It has blessed these lips once before and it shall bless them agains as the hand passes the hour of greeting."

He says, "Set your soul on fire and drive it against mine. Be drawn awake and uneasy to sleep a welcome to this curse."

She says, "with open arms I shall not fear a curse that has saved me from a lonesome universe. My planet now has a moon. Love is held at the threshold of open lips."
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