your hand

i stare
into the opened eyes
of blissfulness

escaping past
i look into lostless
uncertain

but alive

i find you also
breathing
sleeping

you animal man
won't pretend
to know you...

promise

to appreciate
to look forward to
to celebrate

run my nighttime lips
over your cool fingers

kiss the thin golden promise
and smell the sweet
cigarettes
still clinging to
your resting hand

love is this
smiling silence