Tonight

Tonight I was going to write about the children's novel I just read, Swallows and Amazons, that has me completely enthralled. I was going to write about the booby traps and forts my cousin and I made one warm autumn afternoon on the hillside down the ravine behind his house in the Sierra Nevadas. I was going to tell you about my adventures. But instead, I am going to turn off the computer and the desk lamp. Instead I am going to reach over and kiss my love's forehead as I shut off her side light. I am going to crawl in bed beside her and in turn put the room into darkness so that I can breathe deeply, feeling her warmth and knowing that right now that is more important.