In Response To The Dating Profile Of A Woman

A challenge then. 

To prove one 

Against many. 

To prove equal 

Or more. A second 

Must prove itself 

Equal or more 

To the massed weight

Of many long days. 

One night must prove 

Worthy of days spent 

In pursuit, and flight. 

There are seconds 

And nights that find 

Themselves equal to days 

And years and lifetimes. 

Sweet stolen moments

From eternity that echo 

Forever with ecstasy. 

A second can 

Last 

A lifetime, and a lifetime 

Can 

Be reduced 

To a second, 

No less. 

A night can be reduced 

A series of seconds, 

Beautiful like pearls 

On a strand.

A hand pressed, 

A breath trapped 

On the edge of release, 

An eye held 

Within an eye, 

Legs and limbs 

And sweat and lips 

And tumbling seconds 

All of them, tumbling 

Moments like a strand 

Of pearls falling 

Through fingers after