HERE ON THIS 4th OF JULY  (July 4th, 2003, Galveston Island,Texas; D.H.)

 
here on this 4th of july  
even though im alone  
there are no loose ends  
for everythings done  
and well in my world  
outside on my bike  
riding high on life  
shirt off in the wind  
and sun  
as intermittent raindrops  
lightly begin to fall  
greeting my happy skin  
commingled with warm sunlight  
upon this gulfs  
fresh steady breeze  
more intimately now  
with its delicate sprinkling  
of tiny  cool droplets  
that touch and taste  
my open flesh  
which blissfully drinks  
their restorative  
healing moisture in  
reminding me of the gentlest  
of your sweet  
tender kisses  
upon my thirsting lips  
and senses  
even though youre not  
with me today  
and im here all alone  
here on this 4th of july  
where there are no  
loose ends  
for everythings done  
and well in my world  
because im still so  
full of you  
that even this raging river  
of humanity passing  
all around me here  
amid this holiday traffics  
dizzying blur of cars  
seems so benign  
so inconsequential  
for I am riding  
so high on life today  
with my heart and senses  
all opened so widely  
so i can be  
more optimally receptive  
more fully absorbent of you  
for there are no  
loose ends  
nor other self limits  
as everythings done  
and well in my world  
even though  
im here alone  
all by myself today  
shirt off on my  bike  
riding high on life  
out here in this gulfs  
fresh  steady breezes  
wind and warming sun  
where im still being  
so delicately  
so intimately sprinkled  
by all these intermittent  
cool  refreshing  
tiny  falling  wind blown  
raindrops kisses  
which have come  
to touch and taste  
to sensuously thrill and quench  
my thirsting skins
yearning flesh
reminding me of your own  
most delicately tender  
intimate sweet kisses  
upon my longing lips  
and presently still  
love drunk senses  
upon my mind  
my heart and soul as well  
here on this 4th of july  
where even though  
im out here on my bike  
riding high on life  
without you  
all by myself alone  
there are no loose ends  
for everythings done  
and well in my world  
but only because  
im still so very  
full of you  
and i know i ll  
be seeing you soon again  
next time you come down  
much as i know  
this slowly sinking sun  
will come to rise  
and warm again  
just as it always does  
with each new dawns  
sweet morning  
so too you  
will come again  
to rise and share  
your warmth once more  
like the sun riding in  
on the back of sweet dawn  
when next weekend comes around  
to fill me up again  
with all youve got  
with all you are  
and more  
yet still despite  
that longer wait  
and the increasingly growing  
gnawing hunger  
of my innermost deepest  
burning desires  
i can wait  
and i ll be o k  
for even though  
im already still  
so very full of you  
nonetheless  
its pretty obvious  
to me at least  
here now  
that my insatiable hungers  
still masked  
hidden need  
beyond all these mostly sincere  
freely expressed words  
may most likely  
always have  
boundless room  
for more  
yes for just as much  
as you can  
or might possibly like  
to give  
matched only by  
your own  
seemingly  
insatiable  
burning need  
to receive  
your equal  
heated  
fill  
in breathless  
blissful  
return