Brown

The color of his soul

Earthy and bright

Grounding inside

Of his presence

 

I love him

          Crave him

                         In the heat

 

We lounge in sarongs

Sometimes less

In defiance of the sweltering air

 

He grabs me

Skin drenched in sweat

A punishment for the devil

Through mid-summer lust

 

Heat is a volcano

Smoke and ash

Molten Earth is the passion

Of the universe

 

Who is this brown man of the Earth

                                                                          Who is this bright and grounding presence

 

I only know

How to love him

Caress his soft skin

Kiss his neck

 

The oceans rise

Inside of me

Lured by the moon

As waves wash the beach

 

Out to sea

He is pulled

Life drowned

 

He belongs on solid ground

 

His force is powerful

The waves

He tames

 

He is the lava of the earth

Cooling and hardening

In my soothing waters

 

His is the horizon

That kisses the sea

 

Land clings to the water

Deep within

 

In the darkness

An eternal embrace

Through his last breath

He flows over the ocean’s swells

 

Together we crash

And rise

 

Together we create the world

Around us

 

Together we form islands in the sun

And moon

And crash again