dancing in the dark with norah the song began slowly, almost uncertainly though its entreaty was unmistakable 'come away with me in the night' she sang along softly breathily into his ear as they swayed together bodies gently moving as one shuffle-dancing to the dusky vocals transcending the smart-phone's tiny speaker to transform the darkened hotel room into a private lounge, with norah at her piano playing, just for them beyond the sheers clothing the windows like an open negligee city lights swam, bobbing lazily in concert with the lovers' dance rendered indistinct by the myriad liquid lenses left clinging to the windowpanes by the recent rain gently swaying white christmas lights striving to remain identifiable to myopic eyes he, not wanting the dance to end, nor for her to have to leave again breathed in deeply the faint perfume of her hair drank in with all his senses the delightfully feminine form of his beloved moving gracefully within the loving confines of the dance frame with which he held her memorized her every fluid curve consumed her every nuance with the nearly desperate hunger of a condemned man savoring his final meal, for with all the certainty of the passage of time she would this hour on the morrow be gone from him the sultry songs segued one into the next as did the accelerating minutes and his slowly drowning thoughts tomorrow he'd yet again have no one to hold no one in whose ear to whisper his hopes and dreams once more would their love be held at a distance were they forever destined to share one soul yet live apart? the lights and rolling thunder of a jet departing the neighboring airport caught his attention as the water-smeared navigation lights arced low across the glowering sky he first thought the rain had returned, for the windows to appear so bathed then realized he was merely viewing his world through the warm stinging curtain of his welling tears _______________________________________________ ...dedicated to the one i love... and to all of you out there working diligently at long-distance loves... special thanks to lynell (tennesseecowgirl) for letting me doodle all over one of her photos to create the accompanying image... the very things that made it one she didn't think was particularly good made it the perfect illustration to pair with the above poem... thanks for trusting me, hon! :) ...can't wait to see you tomorrow...! xo it's been awhile since i've posted one of my poems here (my tribute to susan / blush notwithstanding)... i hope you enjoy it!