the sky is the color
of rainwater
traveling along
a freshly drawn
chalk mural
filled with
particulates
of purples and blue

in his veins rumble
throbbing with
a torrential flood
chemically induced
at the merest thought
of her
whispering
through his mind

the world
around him
slumbers deeply
as the coffee
steams fitfully
her smile outshining
the lazy sun
as it dejectedly rises