Unsaid Promise

Naked in the night

we began

to speak

in our

own secret language

Together

exposed and vulnerable

I

to the prose

of your

quiet smile

. . . your defending sigh

Lips and hands

held tight

as if

Together

they prayed

our feelings

would give rise

to a new world

a new day

and

to

the

unsaid

promise

of

love.

MGH