Love Nest

You walked delicately towards me

Bare toes curling into the old tan

Carpet that came with the house,

Into the carpet that we kept meaning

To replace 

The wide neck of the cotton T-shirt

That you stole from my drawer

Fell

Off a freckled shoulder 

Making you look like a little girl

But also the mature woman that

You are all at once

Your hair was wet 

From your shower 

And I could smell the jasmine

In your hair,

The shampoo that you had been buying

Since we were in high school

It was dark outside, 

Shadows from the streetlights 

Framing your silhouette 

You smilled and

I saw god in your eyes 

I saw heaven

As you slipped under the covers 

Beside me

I pulled you to my side, 

Breathing in the freshness of 

Detergent and you

And thought about us 

About how I will make you coffee 

In the morning 

And and steal kisses that hold the taste, that will permeate

The rest of my day