Imprints of affection
Echo in absence —
Even not here,
You're everywhere.

Parting with a smile —
The tale of you and I
Will continue soon.
This is not goodbye,
Merely intermission.

Set sail in open waters
Under clouds that fly on by —
Anchors up, nothing will stop us,
But these waves may take a while.

So small, yet, so
Profoundly alive.
Looking up
In storm and rain,
To watch the thunderheads
Fly by,
Happily joined
In blessed serendipity —
We're stronger than this,
You and I.
This too, we shall survive.

Crippling agony,
Blinding inability —
Not accepting new realities.

A promise of eternity,
Captured in a sea of love —
Meet my eyes and smile
A brand new world for me.

Of vapor lust
And Soylent dreams —
Not everything is
As it seems.

Anticipation,
We've waited
So long.
I've got
So much to give —
Take it all
Before the moment’s gone.

Both
Tone and rhythm
Color a message,
Reshape its meaning —
Deliverance, dominance,
Mere breaths apart,
But worlds apart in feeling.

Open up and
Let me help you,
Take the open hand
I lend you —
Zero judgment,
Pride be damned.

The tediously mundane
Sparkling, exciting, and new —
My world blooms and shines with you,
So bright, in all the colors.

Ain't that
The meaning of it all?
These loving arms
Are strong enough
To catch you
When you fall.

I'd get up,
But my heart's
Not in it —
One more kiss,
Five more minutes.

Let’s have words
And share our thoughts,
Match our souls
And show our hearts
While there's still light —
When the time comes
For last goodbyes,
Let's make sure
We've said enough.

Man-made miracles
Of colored light,
Catering the credulous,
The suspicious,
The seditious all the same —
Divided on
A hollow Earth,
Reclused within
Our painted caves.

Gardening my thoughts and feelings,
Trim the fears and weed the doubt —
Still, all seeds I ever planted
Eventually pop right back out.

Fear spins possibilities
Until you can no longer see
Where reality
Crosses into fiction,
But from the heart
I said my piece
And held my peace.
In the end,
Truth has set me free.

Eye to eye,
Heat to heat —
Light my world.
Come close to me.

It's not that I
Can't be alone,
Yet, I dread
That dawning moment
When it is time to go.

Marks of passion
Worn with pride —
Love is not
Something to hide.