Morning Softness

You came in quiet, early light. Pause on the floor,

no sense of time. I poured the coffee, you just stayed.

Like you had nowhere else to be. Stay with me, my lady,

just the way you are. You don't need to know the world,

you already know my heart. We walk the streets before they

wake. Your shadow moving next to mine. You stop to listen,

I slow down. And leave the rush of days behind.

I don't ask how long this goes, I don't count the days at