Together

My beautiful darling, my perfect lover, my dearest. . .

As we get closer,

I might laugh a little too loud,

You might eat a little too much,

My joke would fall flat

Roses! Wine! Sweep you off your feet!

As our lips embrace,

Perhaps I kiss a little too hard

You might poke me a in the eye

I might snore that night (it was wine after all)

Ah, but the moonlight inspires romance! and love!

I forget to hold a door for you

You might pick your nose more freely

I kiss you with my morning breath

I will not always be handsome

and you will not always be beautiful

and love is mortal, as are we

But I give you my awkwardness, 

 my romantic heart,

  my forgetfulness,

   my poetry,

    my strange body,

     my devotion,

      my neuroses,

I give it all to you. . .

I'll will always make you smile,

and when I am in your arms, 

I will always feel warm

for what is love, if not an agreement to see each other

to really, really see each other, 

and still our eye shine,

our lips curl like clouds in the wind, 

and we sigh, together.

Haikus Dreaming

Dream of you last night

Walking along the water

I am your warm scarf

When you are in need, 

I am your man. I am oak 

place your back to me

From you, I only

steal glances by the millions

return them often

Dream my hand in yours

warm, firm, and we are ready

the whole world is ours

Place your hand on me

Feel my solid heart, beating

Leaping to meet you

I hold you close, with

my whole heart, both hands, fingers

crossed, and arms open

Kiss me like a kite

caught on a tree in a storm

free me, welcome me.

For you are my moon

the moon that makes the sun shine 

and the oceans burn

Let our branches grow,

and brush, and touch, and tangle,

until our storm. . . comes

Night slips by our bed,

tangled, we blissfully dream. . .

magic, in our skin.

Sunlight on Water

Look at me, my love

I am sunlight on water,

because I have you :)

Look at me as I look at you

You are moonlight

cooling my hot skin

We are two hands, clasped together

Fingers mixing in warmth

as sand dancing beneath the waves

fish, flick their silvery tails

donating scales to star our endless blue

And when we part, as at times we must

I'll reach you with a loving pen

until nightly, we find 

our way together again