it's dark again

I love having it light in the evening, though we didn't start dinner until after 6, having lost all track of time based on the sun.  But now I'm back to driving to the gym in the dark, and that's no fun.  I was just getting used to seeing myself as I walked out the door.  (And no, the video doesn't make "sense."  It's just snapshots taken out my front window as I drive to they gym in the dark.)

So come with me for a drive.  

Meet me at the gym.

Show me your new spandex shorts, 

Your cute new tank top, 

The sports bra you love so much.

Let me see you sweat as you lift

Strain as you curl

Grimace as you crunch

and groan as you stretch.

Share a lane with me.

Let me see your arms dig through the water

the muscles of your back twitching and moving

Gracefully, as you suit conceals and reveals

And make me dream of mermaids and the deep.

Talk to me,

As the bubbles tickle in places hidden

And the heat soothes our limbs

as your smile soothes my mind

Take my hand under the surface

Hide your heart if you must, 

but don't let go.