Turning You Over

Turning you over
I'm turning you over in my mind

In my mind, I'm thinking   I've always admired you
Forthrightness
Confidence in your viewpoint
Confidence in your body, your physical presence
Practical flexibility
The ability to recognize a good time for what it is and immerse yourself in it
All things I wanted in myself
All things I wanted to touch in others
I touched you...

Turning you over
I'm turning you over,   in my mind
Feeling your back
Feeling your sureness and strength
My hands a thawing glacier washing over you
Not even aware of what you are doing to me, preparing me for
Eventually   I'm not even there, in my mind
I'm turning you over

In lecture class today, I'm turning you over in my mind
I'm not even there
And wherever I am   I need you there with me,   you are there...
Feel the heat of your desire
The pull of your determination for rightness
Your hands and lips, rays of the sun pinpricking my skin
You reveal to me things I never knew,   always knew

I'm turning you over in my mind
Turning you over