"take me again," she said, thinking of him

"to the pond with the swans and the swimming"

far from his room the familiar perfume

how it felt to her when she was naked

lessons she learned when her memory slurs

as they marvel with love at the sunset

walking away at the dark end of day

she will measure and break like a habit

oh how the rain sounds as light as a lover's word

and now and again she's afraid when the sun returns



"take me again," she said, thinking of him

"i don't care for this careful behavior"

a brush through her hair, children kissing upstairs

keeps her up with her want for her savior

the sun on the sand, on her knees and her hands

as she begs for her fish from the water

but turn them away, she's a whip and a slave

given time she may find something better

oh how the rain sounds as loud as a lover's words

and now and again she's afraid when the sun returns