Warm air smothers my every move, My body’s skin has reached a balance, Feeling as warm inside as outside of it; The cat licks her fur for coolness only, Her soft white fur smooths like your skin, Sluicing my thoughts to your chest: Hair curling like a thousand child’s ringlets, Warmth lifting me as the waves of your breath Lull me to dream, to sleep in the hold Your body forms, a small boat carries us, Drifting, on the black, cool waters of night.