outside the window the heavens are aglow

Betelgeuse to my left

Orion holds steadfast in the constellations' waist

Rigel majestically in constant light on the right

as my gaze lowers to Sirus

your hair folds around your neck

a magnificent veil whose redolence

is my night's promise

the aroma of you i take with me into slumber

the cheek bursts across the view

cascades onto the nose i so adore

then upwards to those eyes i so love
now masked by the nights' curtains
above eyebrows hover in a sumptuous curve

now hidden from me

the forehead i have placed abundant kisses upon
as the heavens are now telling me
dawn will soon be here
with the promise kept

1/3/19