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Wilt thou be gone? Is it not yet near day.
It was the nightingale, and not the lark,
That pierce’d the fearful hollow of thine ear.
Nightly she sings on yound pomegranate tree.
Believe me, love, it was the nightingale.
(William Shakespeare – Romeo and Juliet)
"Hear my call, I want it all.
Roses in the wind, bridge from falling in;
may not always know you're there,
but all I am I share with you."
«Hey...»
His voice slides velvety over me, light and sensual as the caress of a feather. I smile with my eyes closed, as I feel his fingers sweetly brush against one of my cheeks. I cling to him even more tightly, snuggling against his chest, letting myself be cradled by the fiery, secure warmth of his arms. Albus steals a kiss from my lips, another, the umpteenth, and it is as if it were the first – as if, all night long, our mouths had not been chasing and devouring each other – it makes my skin ripple and my heart tremble: it urges me to desire more, so much more, to cancel the distance, again, until I cannot distinguish my breath from his. I barely lift my eyelids, just enough to drown again in the hypnotic depths of his gaze. Shrouded in the slight dimness of the room, his irises, as blue and transparent as spring skies, glow like steel blades, while on his face, barely illuminated by the gentle flare diffused by the dying embers of the fireplace, hovers an expression of pure and irrepressible wonder.
«Do you have to go?» I ask, roughly, sinking my face into the cozy hollow between his neck and one shoulder. Scent of tea, sunshine and white roses intoxicates my senses.
«No,» he chuckles into my hair, clearly amused, before whispering softly against my forehead, «it's a long way to sunrise».
«Then why on earth would you wake me up?»
«Take a guess, bredhu.»
He searches in the sheets for my hands. He finds them. He entwines them firmly with his own.
No quivering. No uncertainty.
They recognize each other. They belong to each other.
As we do.
May the morning never come for us, my blue.
Soundtrack: The Call, Ruu Campbell.
You can find my original italian work – first published on December 04, 2018 – here.