Shooting Star

 

You know you want me. And I know it, too —

baby, if you were looking for a sign

then look no further. You’re home, and you knew

 

it from the first. You love the way I make

you feel so cool, feel so warm, the real you —

the best you’ve ever been. So why not take

 

me in your arms — I’ll flow like velvet light,

I’ll show you secret things, I’ll soothe the ache

inside your sad, untethered heart — I might

 

even take you to heaven. Climb on — wind

your fingers through my mane and hold on tight —

this is love, it’s love, and baby, you’re mine.

 

 

© Michael Fleming

Brattleboro, Vermont

September 2012

 

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