Midnight Messages Poem by Stan Rodriguez

Within the middle of the night
your eyes speak volumes—

I've heard the messages you send
while looking silently within them.

Your touch—
It opens a yearning in my heart
a yearning to move forward
through all years yet to come.

We'll dance with rays of golden neon lights
and clouds that hang midair above us

I'll make a note to walk
but not too fast nor run
so that we might share more time together.

For your eyes speak volumes
in the thunderous call of their embrace
and I feel the beating of your heart
while you're safely in my arms

and I thank God that I can read
and have learned to understand your language.