Certainty by Wendy Brown-Báez
Here is one sent by my poetry buddy.
Certainty
By Wendy Brown-Báez
It is in this moment
when I am alone
that I am most sure
that you love me.
Face to face I am consumed
with the breathless astonishment
of my body breaking away from me
running and melting
like rainbows in a puddle
whose only urge is to reach the sea.
I forget myself:
who I am and why I exist:
except for this moment
awaiting your kiss.
I am so enchanted
by the sight or your bare shoulders,
the ears above your neck,
and the dark pools of your eyes,
I don’t know whether my mouth
has opened itself to speak.
It is only later,
when I am alone,
that I remember
how you leaned closer to
hear my words
how you took me
in an embrace
as brief as a shrug
leaving the mark
of my heated body
scorched all over yours.
This poem is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.