the morning rests in shadows
like I've never seen before

as she wakes
the viscious repentent stabbing light
scours the scuttling darkness

standing in the middle of all this
I find myself staring across
gazing at the nude woman
bathing herself in the warmth

her hair is wild
catching all of the sun's beams
and casting them outward

she's glowing
I can't see her face
but I know her eyes are intense

I realize suddenly
the glow surrounding me
and my clothes disintegrate

in that instant I understand
there is nothing to hide
it cannot be hidden