When I make you laugh   
a warming joy spreads like   
hot baked bread melting between teeth   
the grooves by olive eyes deepen when you smile   
a network of roads and years traveled in unison   
my fingertips trace from temple down cheek   
gazing into the same emerald pools that   
glistened under the near full July moon   
spiced breath wafted from bright mouth   
coating me in new flavors   
 
(awakening)  
 
Kissing petal lips still sends shivers like   
tiny aftershocks down to trembling toes   
hands wrap and bodies twist   
linking together like a worn puzzle   
the crux of you now flows in veins   
(sinking into bones on a September afternoon over half a life earlier)   
grafting, growing, blooming  
 
With me