Provocation

I saw the patterns in the clouds
Whisper coincidence
In the kerosene lanterns
And burning shrouds
Of my conscience

In the numerology of days
And truth's arrival
It solved the analogy
Of the clearing haze
And my survival

And now my understanding
Of this love
Defined by you somehow
And without planning
Is all of the above

I sought the provocation
The light inside your eyes
The tenderness I aught
To treat as revelation
Of your thighs

I came for your embrace
Your lips of wonder
Your unique fame
Your velvet silk enlace
I fall asunder

I take all that is given
In reciprocity
You are why I'm awake
And stricken
With love's audacity

by Ivan Guerrero Najera