Kissing Your Eyelids Poem by Louise Tredoux

I love following the contours
of your cheeks, the line of your
jaw, kissing your eyelids, outlining
the lips of the mouth that sings such
beautiful songs

I love tracing your chest and the rest
of the whole that is you, a friend and
soul-mate, a lover true, I love the fact
that you put your work aside and make
time for me - my desires and needs

I love the understanding we have for
the meaning we see in the world, I love
lying next to you while you explain all
your thoughts, I love it when you convey
what you have been taught

I love the fact that you don’t laugh at my
theories and read my poems and stories,
even when you feel bewildered by my
strange ideas...