Darker than Amber

Your lips are a vibrant dark red
Like a vampire’s tongue
Just after feeding,
Menstrual, glistening,
Scarlet dew sweating from a cabernet grape.
Your hair the way you wear it,
Black with feathers of fang
Curling into your throat.

You are a vision in an indigo dress
An abstract pattern on creme,
Its hem alive to your steps,
Flirting with the shadows
As if they shared secrets.
I am thrilled you have come,
That you bothered,
That you’ve found your way.

Come,
Let me show you
The tomes you’ve inspired.
The laughter, the dreams,
The tears and the longings,
The passions and screams,
The tenderness, the belonging.
The children still nursing,
The seniors that sparkle and shine.

Let me show you the wheat
That would have danced in our lives.
It is full of coy and laughter,
Bright with daring,
Naughty with lust,
Warm with windsong,
Stout in a storm, august with trust.
Darker than amber,
The honey culled from a life so sweet.