I said “I love you”
Because when I lay with you
I was overflowing
With an emotion I didn’t recognize...
Pondering in the quiet, secret hollows
Of my mind
As you held me tucked against your ribs
Your skin still hot, salty and rich
An epiphany: shocking, simple, pure--
A feeling I had known a long, long time ago--
I was happy.
There in the cocoon of the bed sheets
Bodies replete
In a private, secret place
Far from the maelstrom of real life
I had found home.
