Best Laid

I lit the faint flickering
candlesRaidiating soft ambient
lightPlaced red wine by the warmth of the
fireStealing shadow and chill from the
nightI wanted to meld to your
heartbeatTo dissolve in your eminent
armsGrant each desire you may
beckonSubmerge in your magical
charmsI hovered, washed, polished and
tidedWorried children and cats into
bedPlumped up the sofa and
cushionsPlaced aroma of musk bout your
headI pampered and preenedStudied
and screenedEvery inch of my moisturised
thighsOn warm skin I affected French
perfumeAdding evening storm to the sweep of my
eyesI packed lunches, fed
dogsSwathed satin on bed, ironed
togsAs well as the everyday
grindThere is nothing I haven't
perfectedEven our evening meal was
refinedYou kissed and caressed me at
midnightIn the heat and the flame of the
fireScooped me in arms saturated in
charmsAs each step of the stairs took us
higherI fell to the yield of soft
satinAnd awoke to fused eyeliner
Your snore, and wild hairChrist
time is short and life's fleetingBut mostly it's
bloody unfairlex ?
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