Pleasure & Pain

pleasure and pain
and in between
the sweet innocence
of a hiding game

back and forth
in the channels that nurse
the coloured shades
of gleaming and dreaming
together in daylight

a twist of the tongue
a cover undone
words, airs, gins
tickling with pleasure
in the battle of skins
crossing the border
invasion
who wins?

running through the rain
madly resisting
pleasure and pain
lips that plead
doubts demanding retreat

at night
at flight
but nobody waves goodbye
nobody wants to return
to the burden
of blank lonely dreams
stabbing a heart
ripe with pleasure and pain
to be unveiled
to be heard
to be answered

feeling just right
together at night
two hands, hearts, hopes
leaving to be one
exploding on the run
flowing and glowing
into sunbeams at dawn
and kissing the starlight
from wondering eyes