Noticing
Sunday Photography Interview: Rob Hanson & Poetry Challenge (Part 1)
Noticing
Smooth sheets caressing naked calves and feet
The soft grunted intake of air
Upon bumping a familiar round belly
A sigh and change of position
To spoon one back into sleep
Hands on breast and thigh
Soft sleep warmed lips brushing fur
Smiling
Relaxing into
Familiarity
Significant non-quickening
Careful languishing sighs
Sheer curtains move
As always they move
In winter
From blowing heat.
A door creaks open
Something wanders in
Stares intently,
Observer of a chrysalis
Eyes rub
Feet flex
Toes wriggle
Sheets move
Feet hit the floor
Born again
Noticing
–by elisabeth connelley
Purple Profundity 