G. Matthew King

 
      "I have traveled across the universe through the years to find her
Sometimes going all the way is just a start..."
-Letters across the opening sky-shot of the 
                        "I'd Do Anything For Love" music video
 
               She licked her lips slightly, then curled her bottom lip back under her teeth
in nervous anticipation.  Her eyes were very dark in the moonlight, all liquid shimmer.
Dark, expressive, full of energy and mischief, he could see the universe within pouring out
like a river comes down a mountain.  Washing over him like the rain, cleansing away all the
dust of the life until he was left bare to her heart, pure and unashamed.  She shifted her
weight slightly, one foot to the other, a body sway sending its ripples through space-time.
Her skin looked marble in the moon-rays, yet he knew it would be warm, faintly flushed as
her heart raced to the pace of his own.  He reached out with his hand, touching her just
scarcely at the ear.  Gently moving his hand along her cheek down to her chin, her head
moving against his fingertips as her body reveled in the pleasure of his touch.  He lifted
her head and was again lost to the power of her eyes.  Leaning forward, they melted together
in a single kiss, tiptoeing the edges of life and death and the love in-between.