Meeting

We met.
Life was good, but perhaps a little lonely.
And then we met.
A marriage. A couple of “waste of time” boyfriends
A couple of “bonking buddies”
I was happily single – and I never believed that I would live with another again.
Ten years
But then I met you
Internet dating. An approach. Exchange of e-mails
For a whole month – meeting by proxy – the internet is a wondrous place……..

Then we met
I had readied myself, for a date, for an interesting stranger
Clothes carefully chosen. Face made up – eyes dark – I knew by then you liked that
And a touch of perfume, but not too much
Follow “the rules”. A public place. A restaurant. People around.
There’s some oddballs out there (I'd dated a couple, but only once)

Then we met
How could it be? This stranger? Not known. Never before encountered
And yet I felt we had known each other all along
You were no stranger to me.
Conversation. Dinner. Wine. Laughter flowing and smiles
And then home
With you
Coffee
And a touch
A kiss
The scent of you on me
And we met

Sleeping Alone

I lie abed alone at night. I see with only dreaming eye

Through panes, the moon casts silver trace

And shadows form my lover’s face

Beside me now my lover lies

With tender word and warm caress, my love and I make song

Our spirits, souls and bodies twine

I reach to touch this lover mine,

To whom my heart belongs

Outside the moon is bright and clear; a velvet night and deep.

Though beside me empty sheets I find

A warm embrace around me twines,

And my love and I shall sleep.

This poem is part of a collection  - "Erotic Celebrations: Poems of Love, Lust and Sensuality" - available on Kindle from Amazon