CALL ME BELOVED

Please –
linger like the ache in my bones,
stay with me through the night –
keep me restless, ecstatic, whole.

Your hand is still in my hair, your
fingers making indelible marks –
you’re still with me, today, I know –

you are the wind at my back, steady
and gentle, pulling my sweater taut –
an embrace, wrapping around my waist.

Please –
let me linger with you, too – let me
be all the sweetness across your lips
keeping you contended and whole.

My arms are around you, still –
can you feel the warmth when
you’re alone? I am with you, then.

I am the music filling your home –
the gentle weight of your blankets
pressing into you, naming you mine.