Wednesday 19 November 2008

Hushed Affection

Love is after midnight
Inconvenient and covered in rain
Moments that fall beside quiet clocks
On patch-work quilts that were sewn before you were born

Delirious, drunk with opportunity and fear
A new chance
A new touch
Joni Mitchell on the radio

This is how your father felt about your mother
Very long ago
Fingers chasing silhouettes
Pillows that smell like skin

A lover in a friend
Holding you in the dark

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