(from the Tall & Dreamy collection)
our love was healing
we started slow and pure, while also taking leaps of faith
you ran towards me
we sat for hours, drove for hours, swam for hours
you saw me, held me, heard me
in your eyes i was special
and i started to believe it
our love was like magic
i saw you exhale smoke in the red-lit darkness, surrounding you like a cloud, framing your face
with reflections of the lamps in your shaded lenses
i watched you swim in the sea, your skin sparkling in the sun's rays
i felt time was fleeting with you, passing through my fingers like sand
i couldn’t hold on tight enough
our love was a dark red love
i felt you surrounding me, over me, under me, behind me, arms wrapped around me
you envelopped me
your silent fiery gaze lived in my bed like a ghost for months
i still imagine you watching me in the galaxy starlight
my present loneliness overwhelms me
our love blossomed like a delicate flower
heavy with fragrance, deep and rich in color
a miracle of creation, one of a kind, with no purpose other than to bring joy into the world
a beauty in the eye of the beholder
but also fragile, crumbling when the wind picked up
untended, its vines withered