One Second

A poem

Like a quiet hunter

As calming

and disarming

as the most gentle doctor

or warrior

of love

he persuaded her

to ease her

guarded heart

priming to crack open the gate

stick a middle finger to fate

creep into her

secret garden

of Freudian

jaded jealous

affections

he hovers on the edge

at the door

clings to a ledge

a centimeter

away

from the cliff

Then

For One Second

Time Frozen

Wonder

Ecstasy

Promise of

Oozing Beauty,

For One Second

Sex Beckons.

She breathes in

he breathes in

sex breathes out

flouting her perfume of magic and doom

enough of a second for another to follow

and reason to resume

to think of tomorrow.

She snaps

He gasps

As she falls back into her mold;

Can’t read that face like stone

And again he’s alone.

For One Second,

Time Frozen

Wonder

Ecstasy

Promise of

Oozing Beauty,

For One Second

Life Happens.