A Memory by danath

A Memory

Poetry - not a real story. Didn't get a response on FA so I figured I'd try here and see if it caught anyone's fancy. I'm not really into poetry, but the idea for this one hit me all the sudden and I tried to jot it down before I forgot it. I've been thinking about "furry" poetry lately and wondering what it would look like. This is my attempt!

I remember

The bright white light of your eyes

Wide and unblinking

We stared at each other for eternity

Two hunters from Thespiae

Lost between shadow and light

I remember

The heat of your breath

Mountain winds carrying the scent

It flattened the sweetgrass

And poured down the glacier

And over your lips

I remember

The touch of your wrist

Against my side

Burning our chorus

Silencing the doubts

Softly

I remember

At long last how you tipped back your ears

I looked upon you

And touched nirvana

You said your name

But the wind carried it away

I remember

My heart grew wings

It flew away to land in your cage

Wrought silver caressed the veins

Flitting inside your breast

Beating against the bars

I remember

Arms of smooth amber embracing my neck

The granite shocks tickled my neck

The curve of your elbow

At once, at once, at once

A moment that hasn't yet ended

I remember

You pulled me to the dance

You smiled and I fell into your gaze

Silk and honey

You turned away, distracted

The errant dreamer

I remember

You, my lover, my lover

Eyes of mercury

Hard as a battleship

Soft as the moon

You turned to me

I remember

The caress of your tail along my spine

Panting, urgent, fire

Every claw a warning

Every whisper a warning

Every touch a welcome

I remember

Your body

Sensual, nude, pale in the moonlight

Stretched across the silk

A callous Dionysus

Existing in the reflection of my eyes

I remember

Reaching for your smooth belly

It rippled like a lake under my paw

The roar of a soft purr

Filled me with desire

I pressed my mouth to yours

I remember

The small of your back

Curling, curving, curling, curving

I watched you struggle to contain

The pleasure

We shared

I remember it all

Your voice of molten spirits

Your ironed ears and Leo smile

The languorous excitement

As my body met yours

And we slaked our thirst

I remember

That I wasn't your first

Or last

But in the moment

United

You were mine

I remember

When you left I was asleep

You squirmed free of my grasp

Disappeared into darkness

Only your reflection remained

I didn't know it wasn't real

I remember

The note you left

Elegant rivers of ink scrawled across the landscape

I retreated, unbelieving

And crumpled the paper against my palm

My reflection was inadequate now

I remember

Everything