It's All Relevant

We face each other, once again, talking,
naked… and your body is open,
your skin–all woman, no child–
speaks to me, now. Your scars,
your greying hair, the flow of your age
over muscle and sway and bone…
they all tell me stories about you
on another level while we drink
and whisper and snigger at our
lovemaking. It’s this, your peace,
your acceptance of the joke
the years have played on us,
that draws me to you again, and always, slowly
this time, less needy. This time,
more thoroughly, this time. As if
we’re reprising a theme song
as the credits roll and roll and
roll across the screen in the dark…
As if… we lived our lives for this.

- Peregrine

*Artist Unknown