Rewind

 Still trembling, I reach my fingertips

to lips projected on a silver screen.

A cut reveals your fine, athletic hips;

tight packages of nitroglycerin.

dreams to be re-dreamed

running the scene

over and over

in my mind

The clips I have are only seconds long

but I have watched them 50,000 times.

Your eyelids breathing on the screen. Once more,

still trembling, I reach my fingertips....