When we were together 

And you were so tender

And we fused our bodies

In unison, and sobbing



I sensed we had beauty

With no sense of duty

For everything felt free

It was just you and me



When we climbed on top

Of a ride without stop

And tides of emotion

Filled us with a notion



We had something more

Than just an outpour

Of passion devoid

Of love so buoyed



It was solid emotes

Which made us float

On clouds of silk

As you made milk



Which I tasted

As you basted

Me with delight

- I took flight



And the trip soared

To places where I roared

And I held you so firm

As you shook and squirmed



And we merged so as one

At a point quite undone

And then we tightly held

Each other as we did meld



And the close embrace

Spared no air or lace

And skin was so wet

I cried as you slept



And hugged you in arms

As I touched your charms

And felt the quiet ooze

Of that which we did lose



And I buried your head

In my chest as you sped

To other parts of mind

As I felt your kind



Of sweet odor arise

And thus did surmise

You then did surprise

With yet a new prize



For even though asleep

You were still deep

In a constant flow

From needs below



And I smiled and blew

Some breath over you

Aiming it at eyes

And hearing sighs



I held you tighter

As you did lighten

The rumble under

A breathy thunder



Your fingers stretched

And so I attached

Myself once again

Even though pain



Was edging out

The joy so stout

Which we had shared

When last we paired



And then the rain

Came in window again

And up you rushed

To close, then brush



Your hair - and look

At me as you shook

And I could see

Even then your glee



And so I did hold

You quite so bold

As you did unfurl

Hair as you curled



And then I knew

You were in a stew

For you needed less

Than this very crest



Which wore you away

Even tho, as I stayed

Your body said more

And thus did implore



Me to continue

In like venue

But your mind

Was not so kind



Now we're apart

And I do my art

As you play games

It's not the same



And so I do pine

For you in my mind

As you do ignore

All of my store



And so I do cry

I want so to try

To put things back

On the right track



But you do not allow

Exchanges which plow

Away all the hurt

For you do shirk



So now we're undone

And it's just crumbs

Which will be pecked

By birds with long necks



As I watch them fight

Over dark and bright

As your so full nest

Is tarred by this test



And straw which held

Now bends as it tells

A story of emotion

Filled with devotion



- Tristram