sunsets

 
ecstasy's last breath taste of tangerine  
sweet surrender in the arms of my lover dark
I was sweet candied bliss  
summer in my smile  
dripping sugar dew
but midnights in the eyes
 
I was sure of my power  
until you entered the scene
an intoxicating seducer  
I was beguiled day one
 
your charm devasting  
a man of substance
a man of worth
there was something in your swagger
a glint in your eyes
a hardness that drew me in
 
but with me gentle sunsets
dawing on the stillness of a river
lazily making its way through
my canyons and valleys
 
in our quiet days
you stalk my womanliness in repose
with the stealth of a hunter
I alone knew you
 
your dusty boots lie in a heap
the curses in your stare said it all
you could bear it no more
you took me passionately with a hunger
savage in the knowing
deadly in the art  
 
I was your woman...then
utterly lay claim to