i desperately wish to fall asleep in your eyes
(like oceans of constellation filled skies)
the syncopation of your 24 karat heart
my nightly lullaby
i want to wake up where you are
when the sunrise supernovas across your flesh
until you are half-baked in the splendor of morning
it is my desire to bury my face in your chest
to immerse myself in your scent
like parisian summer or california in the fall
(like home)
to hide from the garish light of the coming days
and seek refuge in your arms
the only arms that i ever want to be held by
to swim in the blankets on our marriage bed
until we drown in one another's love
and the world blurs at the edges
to protect itself from the glare of our passion
and although i have never heard it
your voice is the soundtrack to my dreams
like the hallelujah chorus,
the words of an angel fall on my mortal ears
like a guardian in the night
urging me toward restful sleep filled with thoughts of you
my deepest darkest secret?
hidden in the shadows of my being
there is a longing
to run to you (from opposing corners of the earth)
and collide with enough force to outdo God
and create a universe all our own
displayed in technicolour so brilliant that
all the world would marvel.
underneath all of this,
i truly yearn for one thing above all others
i crave the taste of your lips
soft and plush and pink like strawberries,
the sole set of lips i wish to kiss for the rest of my life
made for one another like the hourglass and the sand
our bodies the glass, glued to the table top
our romance infinitesimal measures of sand
never running out
growing exponentially
each passing moment
because when you are lucky enough
to receive love
there is always
always
a l w a y s
more love to give
and i offer you my love
without guile or pretense
always and forever
"only forever?"
you ask
and i reply
that there is no single word
for the period of time for which i want you
i want you
longer than the seven days
it supposedly took God
to create the universe
longer than it takes
for the earth to take a trip
around the sun
longer than it takes for trees to grow
for more millenia than it takes tfor society to accept us
until the planet stops rotating
until the sun stops burning
until every star in the sky blinks itself out
until my heart ceases to beat
until my bones turn to ash turn to dust
and my sole soul
is all that is left
( a soul which i also offer freely)
i want you for so long
that time bears no more meaning
than footprints on the shore
as the tide rolls in.
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