A sonnet in February: "familiar shores"

familiar shores

Together we evolved from meeting and
acquainting, sharing knowing what we knew
was in our future — so what I had planned
encountered her intentions and then grew
into embodiment. For when I found
her naked and awaiting, a concubine
who there became my harem bride unbound,
my passions rose to seek her, sharp and fine,
like metal forged into a polished bond.
We merged as sword and sheath, in joy inspired
by ancient calls to which we all respond,
transforming into what our lives desired,
yet all too brief and much too far removed
from what my stark realities have proved.