Intimacy

Some things are private
         they have no business
in my poems :
         words and phrases
I may use in certain situations
         with a certain person
sometimes in the darkness
         sometimes not
but meant for her ears only

I can talk about her hair
         and her lips and her kisses
and the softness of her skin
         against mine
I can tell of the sparkle
         in her brown eyes
the smile that draws me in
         closer and closer to her heart
I can tell many many things
         I could go on and on and on
about her beauty and the way
         she transforms my day
and my night
         and I am happy
to be open with you
         to share what I am feeling
but some things are private
         some words and phrases
so private and sacrosanct
         and delicious that they are
as I say
         for her ears only

John Lyons