When everything is lit with laughter and joy fills your eyes

When each touch is a thousand tingles,

Then will we lie under the stars kissing till our lips are chafed

Trusting so deeply we see only each other

Then a shadow crosses the moon

As I remember how you hide your texts from me

How you say ‘wrong number’ and snap your phone shut

I snuggle close next to you to recapture the bliss

But like the supermarket flowers you surprised me with

I remember that roses have thorns for a reason

Because even in the unspoilt garden a serpent lies waiting