ALL SHE SAID
She takes my hand
In hers and plays
With my fingers
Bending, twisting
caressing slowly
Gazing intently at them
A single lock of hair
falls over her bowed head
A controlled admission
Of her feelings
Lies in her upward glance
To me
Now her other hand
Moves up to my head
And her eyes follow
Resting on my hair
The hand and eyes examine
With great interest
I sit still
eyes on her face
On her eyes that still
Do not meet mine
I see lids heavy with
Desire and love
Try to read them
And fail miserably
Not a word is said
In this unhurried time
And the phones ring
Mine and hers together
We pick them up
I see the number
and disconnect mine
She starts talking
I watch the words
As they form on those lips
Pursing, parting, expanding
The brows dance and
smiles play in her eyes
Now animated now still
Her hands play with her hair
I just keep looking
Taking it all in
Such a view
The curve of her back
Seam of her dress
The band in her hair
The studs in her ears
The stars in her eyes
The sun in her smile
I do not blink
Just stare like a fool
Call done she turns to me
Again quiet
But looks up to me
In my eyes
The very eyes
that have waited for long
To gaze into hers
Her hands come up again
This time to cup my face
Her lower lip quavers slightly
Suddenly I ask who it was
On the phone
A friend was all she said