Photon Valentine

curving through
the cold silence
of space
millions of miles

a ray of light

diffused, tamed, by
the roiling soup
of atmosphere,
dancing between
broad lime-tinted
laurel leaves,

forms a heart
on the linoleum
of the dull gray
bathroom floor

I disrobe, a cloud
covering me and
melting my fleeting
heart of light,
and descend into
perfumed water
sending fragments
of you down to
complete the journey,
my love in rivulets
sinking deep
into earth

so is the sun's
seduction of the
earth echoed as
you bend over me
and like a ray of
light, an opalescent
river, a salty rain
you pour forth your
love