Small Gestures

Bringing in your morning coffee,

I pause to watch you sleep.

Then I wake you very gently

With a kiss both slow and deep.

If you show the slightest interest

In more than just a kiss,

I slip in right beside you

For some early morning bliss.

As you try to take a shower,

I step in and scrub your back.

Then that mop of blonde entanglements

Gets combed and back on track.

Take a walk around the neighborhood,

Your hand enclosed in mine.

Show you off to all the people,

Kiss you by a red stop sign.

Serve a perfect lunch at our house,

A little something that I made.

I hold your chair to seat you,

Pour a glass of lemonade.

Then an hour on the table,

Just your skin beneath my hands.

Scented oil perfumes your body,

Then my tongue makes other plans.

We'll be going out for dinner,

So I'll dress you as I please.

Put you in the seat beside me,

Let my fingers start to tease.

At the movies, (yes, you picked it),

I breathe into your ear

Whisper of my sacred love for you

And feel you nestle near.

On the drive home you feel frisky,

Take little bobby out to play.

And you give him gentle kisses,

Warm him up for late that day.

In the hallway, in the moonlight,

I remove your coat and hat.

You get carried to the bedroom,

'Cause it's time to pet the cat.

Half the night I plan to tease you,

And the other half is planned

As a tiny, sweet reminder

Of the reason I'm your man.

As you fall asleep against me,

As your body cleaves to mine,

There's a moment of surrender.

That's my heart, dear girl, consigned.