lupine

she told me to put my hair down

to be lost in the dark curls

and I thought of an other woman

saying the same thing months before

except now, the lust was not played out

and was left hanging awkwardly in the air

after inhabiting my life for so many years

suddenly my vision of her changed 

an object of desire not affection

fascinated by those delicate wrists

occasionally my hand bold enough

to brush past lingeringly

she had never been more beautiful

I decided, than in these winter years

as she so boldly put it 

and I laughed- more like autumn

attempting to somehow condone

these clandestine feelings

a lone wolf

solitary but content

which I so desperately longed to tame

sharing with her all I had learned

if she would just let me in

her grey eyes seemed to say 

yes

we looked at old photos in my room

hiding my baby ones

which to her seemed like yesterday 

both avoiding gazing at the bed

instead standing silent by the window

and looked at the moonlit garden

hips just touching

at dinner my parents filled the silences

so we didn’t have to worry

but still the charged glances

and knowing smiles

wolf eyes glowing

keeping hands and feet out of reach

then came the goodbye

but we held each other too long

betraying emotions to the other

   her soft lips stroking my cheek

     and whispered

        soon

Reviews

[Rossen]

" wolf eyes glowing "

Powerful and alluring, felt like I was

there,"hips just touching"

soon!

loved reading your writing,

Rossen~