After we make love
And lay there in each others arms
I gaze at our reflections in the mirror
Admire how beautiful we are
You with your soft brown skin
Glistening wet in the candlelight
Your arm slipping around my waist
Gently cupping my breast
The hard outline of your shoulders
Soft against my own
Like my shadow
always there
I follow the outline of you with my eyes
Down your side
Over your hips
Where your legs disappear behind my own
Where I begin and you end
Where we become us
I trace the curve of my own body
Following the outline of my hips
To my waist
Disappearing below your arm
To my breasts
Still swollen from our lovemaking
And gaze at your hands holding me so perfectly
Our heads lay in unison
Sharing the pillow
The only sound I hear
Is our breathing
The only thing I feel
Are our hearts beating as one
And all I see
Is you and me
And the beauty of our love
Surrounds us
and
Takes my breath away