I took you on a Cleveland afternoon,
our passion rose as sun dripped through the
glass,
your temples sweated drops of liquid
moon,
we floated in a temporal balloon.
Your rescue in Detroit in mid-July,
we needed something different in our
veins,
I opened up your wings to get you
high,
you licked my cheeks as I began to
cry.
Your Philadelphia sunlight on our vow,
our radiated love from healthy skin,
we strode onto the stage and made our
bow,
I shouted to the world: "Look at her
now!"
I stumbled on the rocky roads of
Maine,
we hoped it was a case of writer's
block,
you smiled and took a photo of my
pain,
Our thirst was quenched by scented summer
rain.
You wanted me in Rocky Mountain snow,
we held each other tight against the
cold,
I whispered many secrets you should
know,
our winter loving soft and warm and
slow.
We laughed together down in Monterey,
I kissed the lovely lines beside your
eyes,
our baptism in holy ocean spray,
you smiled and made confession on that
day.
I lost you on a San Diego street,
you sobbed a sordid "sorry" and you
died,
our horoscope had told me not to
cheat,
we burned you as I wept beneath your feet.