Heavy breezes
Summer slowness   brings me to dreams


I feel your nearness
You’re approaching
   I know it
this evening as every evening

I am waiting
You're approaching

evening coolness barely starting
air barely moving
   against my skin

dusk in the city
dust on leaves
   on balcony railings
   on geraniums
            still deep red

shadows longer than buildings
windows closed to keep in coolness

but my window is open

I know you’re coming

quiet in the evening
traffic hum steady
geraniums bright red



Heavy breezes
Summer slowness   brings me to dreams



the window's open
the back door's open



I'm on the balcony
came home early
made iced tea
   with lemon slices

 

now a book lies beside me
soft cover bent wide open

I look upward
   at the twilight
   at ivy dark
            against a darkened wall

I am waiting
   content   easy
feel you approaching

I am waiting
I know you're coming
   perhaps at a corner
   light red
   engine idling
   groceries on the seat beside you
   you easy
            sure of me



the light changes



I am waiting
   reading
   or not reading
   idling
   a book beside me



we're past the crossroads in our loving
no more doubting



Heavy breezes
Dusky dimness   brings me to dreams



I lean back
breathe deeply
gaze at rooftops
   at brick buildings
   fire escapes
I don't want escape

I think of supper
             salad
             strawberries
             you on the balcony
                     beside me
      us side by side
      in bed
      idle
      in the langor
      of the summer's sultry stillness



We're past the crossroads in our loving
    past the doubting
    in steady loving



Heavy breezes
Dusky dimness   brings me to dreams



I am dreaming
   your fingers on my arm
            barely touching
            like hints of breezes
                     in summer twilight

wrought iron railing
   warm to the touch
            like your loving

steady loving
homecoming steady
summer heat
lives intertwining



I am waiting
you're approaching

the book lies beside me
soft cover bent wide open
my eyes close



I am waiting
   content   easy

shadows long
twilight nearing

you are coming
    maybe waiting
             on a corner
             light red
             cars idling
         you smiling
                     sure of me



We're past the crossroads in our loving
   past the doubting

I know you're coming
You know I'm waiting
   content   easy

We'll make supper
Love in the nighttime
Love


 
I feel your nearness
     your approaching

this evening as every evening



Heavy breezes
   bring sleepy eyelids
Summer slowness   brings me to dreams



iced tea on the balcony
   slowly warming
bricks still heat-filled
   slowly cooling



summer heat
air still heavy
but not our loving

 

sultry heat
with heavy breezes
brings us to loving
               deeper than in my dreams

windows wide open
wrought iron railing
   warm like the brick
traffic steady
   like our loving

we're past the crossroads
light on green

light from windows
   barely starting
I am waiting
   know you're approaching
            slow and easy

I am waiting
   sure and easy
you are coming
   sure of me

I feel your nearness
     your approaching
this evening as every evening

you will be home
we'll make supper
love in the nighttime



We're past the crossroads in our loving
   past the doubting

I know you're coming
You know I'm waiting
   content   easy

We'll make supper
Love in the nighttime
Love



Heavy breezes
Summer slowness   brings me to dreams

Elsa

May 26, 1997

© copyright Elsa Schieder, 1997, 2024, all rights reserved



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