Beneath the porch light

Beneath the Porch Light

Beneath the porch light where you shone your brightest,
We stood awkward with our goodbyes
Shy in our hands, and not wanting to let go…
Together we stared, staring at the other staring;
At the other lost, the other free,
Until we laugh; because tonight feels right,
Under the canopy of an eternal starry night.

And I pull away, because I’m unsure, I’m afraid,
So you leaned in to brush my lips
(With such your artist touch)
And then I knew I had felt my highest,
Beneath the porch light where I’d shone my brightest.

M. L. Michael 
10.16.05

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