Delight

Delight, a noun meaning

that which is feasted upon,

 

suggesting soft chocolates pried

from metallic wrappers

you crunched in your

sweet-stained fingers,

 

suggesting the pink and yellow-burnt

ecstasy of sunrise

you caught driving

eastward to some foretold marvel

(a halo of glinting

moon, deep in the sky),

 

suggesting sand gathering

like children at your feet,

mingling warm and crunchy

between your toes,

with sugar through a stick

coming up to meet your lips.

 

Delight, also a verb,

meaning

to bend towards,

 

suggesting you can take your fill

of all that is ours here,

of all that is yours.