It wasn't just in the night,
That we made love.
I held you in my heart,
And felt you close to me,
Even when our bodies were apart.
Just knowing you was almost love enough,
But, being who and what I was then,
And still am today,
I had to return from time to time,
To touch and taste and renew myself
With your body as touchstone and talisman.
Then once more I could leave you behind,
For a few days at best,
And be alone yet with you at all times.
Even now, so many years later,
I can remember what we did
With one another
In all the rooms within your apartment,
And in the foyer before
The door was even closed.
I was young then,
And I am young still now,
When I remember those days,
When it wasn't just in the night
That we made love
Donovan Baldwin