Unconsummated Night

How did the rainbow appear

When it didn’t rain?

The flowers in the painting

Over the bed

Smelt nothing like flowers

The huge mirror on the wall

Reflected only our enrapturing laughs

Not eager moans

Yes, you took your jewelry off

But not your clothes

Yes, I closed the door

But not to our fears

Those rosy pillows

You wanted to turn into saari

Didn’t fall off the bed

The wood witnessed our madness quietly

Without creaking with carnal frenzy

All night

We twisted and turned

Over each other in passion

But we didn’t create fire

We didn’t invent the wheel again

All we did

Was to find a small balcony

To watch over each other forever