Eyes Skyward In Wonder

Wild wisps of hair running through my eager fingers
Holding out, held on, tracing the lines of hands
And brushing lips against a wrist.

Blissfully rolling and pitching on the edge
On the way down
A waterfall constant rush and then a hush.

Then a pounce with pounding sinuous thighs
Arms coiling around and constricting
Slithering away with serpent’s tongue hands
Leaving trails downward
Eyes following trails in the dark
A hungry gaze feasting the landscape.

Stars aligned
Heavenly bodies orbiting
Not a warm sun but a cool foggy moon
Eyes skyward in wonder.