Mine All Mine

Because
It's the smallest things
Your clean sharp scent, your tricks of speech
Which spark against our touching lips
And burst violently into flame

Your head cradled in my lap
It burns me up inside
The way you stare up at me
With those childlike wide eyes
And smile
Incredulous
Like you can't believe you're mine.

Surrendered, we become triumphant gaolers
Of each other's hearts.
I long to possess each look, each breath
Purchase your thoughts with my fervent kisses
Until blood-feathered clouds seep over the horizon
And the world grows cold once more

And it scares me what I'd do for you
It thrills me what I feel for you
Insatiable, we play with time
Compressing hours between our clasped hands,
Suspending seconds in the deepest gaze

Darling, don't you ever leave my sight.
From now on you are mine, all mine.