ode to beauty

I sit on the end of the old double bed, my bare feet flat upon the ground.

I look closely as you lower your dress to the floor see the cloth touch the wood without a sound.

I look closely into your brown eyes and see the stars twinkling in a stream below the mountains on a dark moonless night.

I look closely at your sonrisa and see the sunrise fill our small room with gentle morning light.

I look closely at your naked body and see breathtaking beauty so beloved

as you take me deep inside of you, an ode to making love.

- trevor scott barton, an ode to making love, 2023