Tamara Willems

wolf moon

The moon was full, yet almost impossible to see 
through the clouds 
still, I leaned over the sink 
several times, looked up 
craning my neck, hoping for something  
brighter 
to shine through 

you know he says, I think I’m in love 
with your toes 
it’s the bubblegum pink that enthralls 
(such cheek..) 
 
I tell him it’s the polka dots 
draws the attention down  
away from the softening of the neck 
rather vicious revealing signs  
of an age 
says he quite likes softer things 

even a shoulder that aches under a weight 
that’s been carried for  
too long 
skin with more of a curve than a
line
a certain sturdiness of being
and a heart that is kind,
no matter 
 
tells me the magic comes in watching one 
laugh 
so hard as to stream tears 
then to gasp at a breath before speaking 
again 
still laughing some more 
says this, may be the sexiest thing 

before I had noticed 
he comes up  
to kiss me, sort of out of the 
blue 
and the earth moves a little 

just like before 

where smallish confessions of love 
do much for dressing oneself 
in the morning 
 
the moon was full, yet almost impossible to see 
through the clouds 
 
still,  
I knew it was there 
basked anyway
in its glow 
 
because love… ya know,
often enough
begins
at the toes ♥

a-ROOOOOOOOO !!!!

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