Twilight--and you...

El Beso

by Angelina Weld Grimké

 

Twilight--and you 

Quiet--the stars; 

Snare of the shine of your teeth, 

Your provocative laughter, 

The gloom of your hair; 

Lure of you, eye and lip; 

Yearning, yearning, 

Languor, surrender; 

Your mouth, 

And madness, madness, 

Tremulous, breathless, flaming, 

The space of a sigh; 

Then awakening--remembrance, 

Pain, regret--your sobbing; 

And again, quiet--the stars, 

Twilight--and you.