Love On Paper Poem by Cheryl Griffith

I must approach you woman
With slow strides and careful words
So for now I linger with pen and paper
Longing to spill my desires; rid this fever;
And drain my heart of all expressions
Expressions of you my Queen
Of you and I and all the in-betweens
But for now I linger with pen and paper

Not willing to rush too soon into your bosom
Or thrust into your fire; forgetting time
Let your flames fine-tune my passionate rhymes
So for now I linger with pen and paper

The dark is here my queen
The day is done and I am worn
I long to lie between your life-giving thighs
And be re-born
I long to drink you in
And wrap myself in your satin skin
Let your laughter wash me
Rinse the taint of yesterday
As I sip you slowly
You are the colour of night my queen full of mystery
I am hypnotized by your beauty
And words don't come easy nor sentences smoothly
So for now I linger with pen and paper