Oasis [a passing wish]
A few seconds, that stretch into moments, into hours....
I would inhale you breathe you as you lay sleeping.
I would if I could, spend these moments tracing sunlight's dappled patterns
on your skin with fingertips rife with the scent of our loving.
Willing you to wake, open-eyed wonder at our nearness,
eyes smiling in shared remembrance.
a few seconds, that stretch into moments, into hours....
Gentle and loving the morning would be