Yes...I have danced <br />naked under stars <br /> <br />clothed only <br />in laughter & kisses. <br /> <br />Yes...I have made love <br />in a sea <br /> <br />held you near me <br />as waves crashed <br /> <br />all about us <br />our laughter <br /> <br />our kisses <br />like little fishes. <br /> <br />Yes...I have known kisses <br />kiss after kiss <br /> <br />bright & brilliant as stars <br /> <br />that dancing nakedly <br />above us <br /> <br />laugh at us <br />& our little humanness <br /> <br />astounded <br />at how such <br /> <br />great love could be ours! <br /> <br />Yes...I have touched <br />your naked flesh <br /> <br />with only love <br />& the lust <br /> <br />of utter devotion <br /> <br />and no...not <br /> <br />even Death <br /> <br />with his ramshackle’d <br />boniness <br /> <br />& clichéd scythe <br /> <br />could tear <br />these pictures <br /> <br />from off <br />my eyes.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/yes-i-have-danced-naked-under-stars/