dreaming (Alexandra)

Written in 20110 as a reflection on several photographs by his friend Alexandra, this particular poem and picture received a great deal of response.

you dream of love in soft warm grass

that lays against your skin, the sun

a lover, my proxy to your kiss. warm

and supple, like your legs, your arms,

your lips that kiss wind that I would

were me, as you murmur frail passions

to a lover only there in dreams.

dreams that are of my flavour, favouring

the curve of your back, the bend

of your knee, the full and soft texture

of your breasts, pressed into me to hold

me, mold me to your form. the grass

whispers in the warm breeze an envious

sigh and I, I must echo it, too far away

for the touch or kisses or the feel

of those bare legs against my skin

pulling me into ecstasy in a lover's dream.

William F. DeVault. all rights reserved.