Touching The Stars(For Janice) Poem by Dónall Dempsey

After your shower

you showed me
a clean pair of heels

then the backs of your knees
(which I adorned with kisses)

then silky stretches of thigh
(oh how I sighed)

and then
(my eyes opening wide with pleasure)

the jewel
in your crown

I could only kneel
in praise

I losing
the head

losing myself
in you

your laughter and delight
floating above the bed

drifting out
the open window

...almost touching

...almost touching

...touching the stars.