The sparkle of starlight at dawn

"For the same person as To be the one she sees"

I wipe the slate clean
It’s like describing a freefall
While drowning
In a sea of endless love
Pulled away from the coast
Where all of those people are
The ones that turn their backs
And laugh
And joke
At your expense

Let her surrender herself to me
For one night
To allow myself that pleasure
To drop the facade
To lay vulnerably on her bed
And witness perfection

Her deep brown hair and eyes
I never knew
I never knew
I never knew
Or I would have said it all before
I would have laid my soul bare
Like starfish on the beach

I’d like to get to know her better than I do
Like to taste the salt of her skin
The sweetness of her lips
Put my head to her chest
And listen
To the subdued drumbeat
Of her heart