Forte
Hungry for your face your lips
your scalloped curves, harmonies
of violins within your
skin your spine your northern sea
of rhythm your southern sea
symphony of waves that rise
roll and flow like a trombone
solo, hungry for the highs
and lows, pianissimo
breaths that make us whole. Forte
cello bass drum our bodies
release perfect pitch, relay
intervals and seventh chords.
Horde the hums that make us numb
hungry for presto-presto
then adagio then strum
then descend and blend the night
inside white sheets, cuddle, spoon
the silver of our souls, blend,
ascend, become the wolf moon.

John Davis is the author of Gigs, Guard the Dead and The Reservist. His work has appeared in DMQ Review, Iron Horse Literary Review and Terrain.org. He lives on an island in the Salish Sea and performs in several bands.
