Art: Patricia Kranenberg via flickr.com
A smile of amusement
As they watched each other for the longest moment
On the shortest day
Fascination jerked forward, yet they were frozen
Until he finally asked, “Do I know you?”
He was already tangled in her hair,
Spinning around her waist,
Tickling her senses
She shrugged playfully and his eyes flashed with excitement
Turning it over in his mind
He imagined a slow kiss, a hurricane of desire
A life with her
Surprise darted across her face
She looked into his eyes and saw in that muddy blue shot with gold,
Wild dolphins cresting over the horizon
He laughed his waterfall laugh, she smelled tea leaves
She took his hand, he heard sunshine
A memory of thunder riding a shooting star
The night he wished for her
This was how it began on that cold, cold solstice long ago
sweet