It's a Beautiful

Mornings feel different now

Not just because I'm waking earlier 

Before the sun yawns and stretches awake -

It's because you're here.

I press closer to you

The best pillow I didn't have before.

You move without waking

Holding me tighter.

I smile against your skin

Pressing a kiss to your shoulder.

You murmur

As I run my hand along your chest.

I lay beside you

Rest the last thing on my mind already

But I wait

Letting you have your peace.

Once you do wake though

It's pillow talk:

How'd you sleep

Any good dreams

Did you dream dirty dreams of me -

Though you're the only one that asks that.

Then you know what I want

And it's not the same as it is in the light of day

Or by the soft glow of the moon.

This moment

Between when the moon goes to bed

And the sun is waking up

Is like a portal

To a different time and place

As we meet each other anew.

There's laughter

Lazy touches

And slow kisses

Like we already know a secret

Even though it's not a secret at all.

You say dirty things

I tell you what you want to hear

And yet

It's softer now.

And when we're both lying spent on the bed

It's feather-like touches down my spine

Small kisses peppering your chest and arms

And then 

If I'm lucky 

It's snuggling back together;

But some days

It's me rushing to get dressed

Your eyes on me the whole time

Distracting me

And three dozen kisses

In the span of twenty minutes,

Neither of us able to get enough

In a different way than before.

And it's laughing against your lips

As I try to leave and you pull for me to stay -

Our favorite game to play.

All in all,

As the sun finally crests over the hills

Golden light spilling onto your face,

I am never happier than I am in these moments

And it's all because of you

Making the decision to stay one night

And us deciding the next morning

That you should stay forever.