You are stretched on the bed
Face down
I lean above you
A sculptor in the act of creation.
I hold your shoulder in my hand
I rotate and polish
Till the skin gleams like gold
I discover shoulder blades
I can feel the ridges
Where your wings were attached
When you flew down to meet me.
At last the Great Plain:
Your back whispers an invitation,
My hands slide, glide circle, flow
Like two delirious skiers eager for snow.
Your blood rushes to the surface
To greet the heat of my hands,
The perfumed oil caresses your yearning cells
My hands climb down the ladder of your spine.
A sudden gift: symmetry!
A gift for each hand
Muscular roundness
I am Columbus, you are America.
I roam over this beloved continent
Plowing the soil of your body
With my insistent fingers
Harvesting quivering sighs.