Conjured by Your Heart

for Valentine's Day, a gift to a goddess in the shadows...


I can be patient
and wait for you
in silent moments
head bowed
eyes closed
breath slow and purposeful
counting the moments
until you speak my name
in a summoning tone
invoking me to step

step through the wind
and join you
and join with you
to find a madness
sweet and sharp
like a soft kiss
gone hungry
like soft limbs
gone taut
like soft hands
demanding

commanding my performance
as a barter for the night
a barter for delight
that I will not fail you in

ever again
if you dare raise eyes to skies
and call to me
to remind me
of an oath made to be unafraid
of what may come
as long as I know your heart.


William F. DeVault. all rights reserved.