His Touch
His hand on my back...
tsunami of tears unbound.
The contact, electric, my skin, ecstatic;
soaking up his touch.

I am like  a desert plant..
so starved for water...
that the merest whisper of moisture... explodes it into riots of bloom.

I sob, opened in his arms..
his hand on my back.

Mari, of David...
August 9, 2004