Velvet Hours

City’s asleep, but your skin’s wide awake,

Silk on the sheets, every move that you make.

I trace the quiet, no rush in the dark,

Just the hush of your breathing lighting sparks.

No need to speak, let the silence confess,

Fingertips writing what words can’t express.

Velvet hours, we’re tangled in slow,

Velvet hours, nowhere to go.

Your name on my lips like a secret I keep,

We’re falling, no falling, just deep.

Velvet hours, the world disappears,

Only the heat of you here.

Midnight cologne, taste of wine on your neck,

Every exhale a promise I haven’t cashed yet.

Shadows play tricks, but your eyes never lie,

Pull me in closer, no reason, just why.

Clock on the wall forgot how to move,

We’re rewriting the rules in this groove.

Velvet hours, we’re tangled in slow,

Velvet hours, nowhere to go.

Your name on my lips like a secret I keep,

We’re falling, no falling, just deep.

Velvet hours, the world disappears,

Only the heat of you here.

Stay…

Let the dawn wait outside,

I’m not done memorizing the way you sigh.

Stay…

We can blur every line,

Till the sun comes to steal you from mine.

Velvet hours (softer), we’re tangled in slow,

Velvet hours (louder), don’t ever let go.

Your name on my lips like a prayer in the haze,

We’re endless, no ending, just phase.

Velvet hours, the world disappears…

(ad-lib: “stay right here…”)