reaching

roundly for right words;

warming, waiting: when to

wonder, what to

want. searching, sounding,

sighing guesses. smiles and whispers,

watching sideways, stolen wishes winging

home, hating hesitation.

held and holding, hands heat answers.

shuffling, sulking, wild and withering,

whose heart holds the hollowest hushes,

hammers the holiest hurting?

But before the balance betrays boldness,

something bends into

breaking, pouring, dancing, filling,

taking, burning, joining, spilling;

arms reaching, framing,

enclosing and claiming. tiptoes and

butterflies, lips

tingle hello with impudence.