night gives way to dawn when her lips curve
into a smile and she leans over to whisper into his ear
they all want to know the secrets
she shares with him
and him with her
like a private invisible highway that moves back and forth between them
like an imaginary world painted on the face of a pond
shimmering outwards as sunlight hits the faces of the sacred characters
men and women, both
lean in wishing for a drop of the light she offers him
like the drop that splashes when a rock smoothly skims the surface of the water
barley making a sound yet its magical beauty and wonder will not go unnoticed
as the ripples move silently outward
against the quiet wave that caresses the shore
and he
he swallows her with his presence
melting in place from her emanating beauty
the more he melts
the more she is swallowed whole by him
as he settles around her
holding them gently in (moving) place
along the invisible highway that moves through space and time
to magical places far deeper than she ever imagined
Q♥