That Time was Forever

Languidly his eyes blinked
in the evening light and he lay
spent and tranquil
watching her dress

The thump, thump
of his beating heart
reminding him
and he sighed
"I love you."

How time shifts and moves
so unexpectedly,
as if in a dream
bubbles floating
tender moments rising
toward heaven

She turns and rests her gaze
upon his naked frame,
the house that holds
that which rarely can be held,
twinkling eyes
Frankincense
and mirth within
that crooked grin

Reminding him of why
and why and why
are the thoughts
of butterflies
and Levi's
and laughing Armadillos