Shall I draw pictures on your naked chest with my fingertips
Tiptoeing lightly through the fine grass of this scape
Colour them in with tender kisses from the paintbrush of my lips
Would all my tender touches give your thoughts their shape
May I lie quietly in your arms until the new day’s birth
Feeling the tendrils of your cool breath kiss my cheek
And would your eyes gaze into mine until the moon makes claim to night
Harvesting every grain of knowledge that you seek
For through the window panes of azure you would find me
As you have found me every day since time inhaled
So, when I feel your eyes caressing every crevice of my soul
I must relinquish all my secrets so long veiled
Could I reach out for just one whisper of my heart’s thrum
Casting out shadows from sculptured furrows of your fears
I’d steal their spirits into the prison of my loving hand for you
Safe from elusion until the morning light appears
And as my eyelids drape all the yearnings of my yesterday
May I still nest here with your breath upon my face
Acting as guardian of all my dreams, please hold them preciously
While cherished love presides within the night’s embrace
