a romance

[Steve]

I have seen her broken body
Her naked smile
Tasted her pear dreams
And muttered nightmares
Felt sighs that tore her seams
And the delicate lace dress she wore
Heard hidden desires sleeping beneath her breath
And the burning of her heart’s fire

I have seen her hidden secrets
Slumped silently in the shadows of her laugh lines
Tasted the long blissful kiss of her eyes
And the cabernet notes of her song
Felt the flutter of fingers like butterflies
And the rainbow of their coats
Heard confessions that hung like art
And the bell of lust rung

I have sung in gusty whispers
Harmony to her manic vespers
Through chlorophyll teeth

Caressed the knots of her spine

I know there’s times she wished I was a pine
Though either way it’s evident
No accident will have her see
Passed the issue that I’m a tree.