Equinox of Regret

Please do not make me 

A summer fling 

Please do not let 

The only sparkle you see in my eyes 

Be the reflection of chlorine blue waves

Please do not only drink up my skin

When it has the taste of sunscreen 

Swirling through the salt of sweat 

Please do not linger your gaze

Only when you see my bare flesh 

Glowing in the heat of an angry sun

Please want me all the time

Through gray skies and pouring clouds 

Through biting winds and a foggy haze

Through white flurries and murky puddles 

Through wet raincoats and snow boots 

Through pink cheeks and frosty breath 

Through wool mittens and rubber flip flops 

Through hot chocolate and lemonade condensation 

Through blossoming petals and orange leaves

I am desirable 

Through seasons changing

Sunrise to sunset 

And in the night between

Treat me like you believe this to be true

Even through the cycles 

Of the axis of your heart 

In even the coldest and deepest 

Doubts of yourself 

And love me in the darkness of my winters 

Without longing for spring to come 

-j.p