restlessly
a man could not sleep
—the woman’s voice

in her voice
there was breath
in her breath
sweet scent
of a wild rose
in the rose
pollen
of the woman’s soul

from her soul
blossoms whispered
deep tones of blossoming
in that sound
a poem
in that poem
magic spell
in that spell
a prayer
in her artful prayer
her longing
river
of woman’s longing

the man
felt her breathing
against his ear
(there
in the solitary night)
the man
felt her breathing
on his cheek
(there
in the starry night’s
loneliness)
the man
felt her lips
upon his lips
intimate
eternal

time dissolved
timelessness
space contracted
into
murmuring respiration
into the rhythm-soft
of her absent-presence

no longer continents
no longer islands
no longer the wide
and parting sea
slender
a blue thread
as if of silk
tender
green circle a
green ring
the like of spring

the woman’s voice
caressed
the man
restlessly
caressed him
the man…

could not sleep.

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