A Poet's Haven

She stood by the window wrapped in a sheet…
Awaiting the dawn’s serenade…
She smiled as she felt his lips upon her cheek…
Reliving the moments of entangled arms…
And their dueling tongues…
And the poetry he whispered in her ear…
The sound of his voice as he recanted…
Moving back and forth across the channel…
First in French and then in English…
As she listened for his footsteps…
Amidst the fleeting moments of their night…
As the morning rays lit his path…
l’ aubade…
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