opportune time for the fabric
of conversation to tear
away into the night,
bats are shrieking
laughing?

you laugh too,
grin. glance
i'll avoid the moment
for fear, knowledge, a lack of strength
for everything i've been practising.
twirl you under the stars,
feel the velvet grass between toes
impromptu tea parties,
all romance, no fact.

forget the gloves, hold myself
between my hands. just hope.
just pray & know & think to find,
think to find a way to make you
...
a way to make you mind.

blue-brown-grey-eyed-drunk,
time is not enough
when i keep it all for you.