In Praise of My Bed
At last I can be with you!
The grinding hours
since I left your side!
The labor of being fully human,
working my opposable thumb,
talking, and walking upright.
Now I have unclasped
unzipped, stepped out of.
Husked, soft, a be-er only,
I do nothing, but point
my bare feet into your
clean smoothness
feel your quiet strength
the whole length of my body.
I close my eyes, hear myself
moan, so grateful to be held this way.
Copyright Credit: Meredith Holmes, "In Praise of My Bed" from Shubad’s Crown. Copyright © 2003 by Meredith Holmes. Reprinted by permission of Pond Road Press.
Source: Shubad’s Crown (Pond Road Press, 2003)