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I remember

bodies rippling naked 

in the light of clear water

hair dripping, mouth dripping

shivering and smiling

bare naked joy.

I remember

feeling liberated

as laughter bubbled freely

diving beneath the surface

warming your body with my own

bare naked joy.

I remember 

feeling momentarily confused

and with brief hesitation

there was a rediscovery 

we engaged, wet hips, hands, mouths

bare naked joy.

I remember

feeling the night air

breathing like I was truly

free, for the first time 

and now that is who I am

bare, naked, joy.

After and Again

Shuffling dying embers, the aftermath

in the disconnection of two collections of light

opening and closing around one another

with two sets of memories like

running with small feet in the dirt

or smelling searing garlic in the pan.

The echoes of the rhythm pounded

inside the walls of woman's body

beat by will of man's

straining to let these ghostly sounds

evaporate
or begin again.

Joy; sorrow

Absorbed in reading
a horizon
the tastes and textures of
one landscape
lingering subtly on our tongues
and prints of our entwined fingers
                    standing sentinel, we are
pausing; holding this landscape steady-
               feelings of fulfillment.

Shivering indulgently, together
first breaths
of season's change, the
tumbling of
leaves to Earth, greying skies
             white-washed river becomes
wild; the landscape pages changing
            keeping no permanence.