Be My Valentine, Love

Be still! My eyes have opened; I spy thee,
E’en as I dream you’re there, but now I know,
My answered prayer: you’re here in bed with me,
Your youthful glow now ‘rousing this blood flow,

Vinous lips and Venus hips; they move me,
And too, thin errant lock ‘cross silken cheek,
Lazing love, thy vision: ‘tis my glee,
Exquisité du physique angelique,

Night is gone, but Hypnos has you still; while,
Temptation… he is urging me to kiss,
In hopes to 'waken thee with eager smile,
Nocturnal curtains better drawn with bliss.

E’en as I ponder, you begin to stir,
Love stretches; then, like kitten, 'gins to purr.

- Scott Alexander McKenzie