Until

Stay

Until the rain subsides:

With our shoulders barely touching,

And only static-charged air in between;

While the sound of the raindrops

Make melody amidst the leaves,

Sliding languidly from one to the other,

Rolling from twig to branch to trunk

Penetrating soft earth toward root.

Watch.

While seed becomes sprout

And bright infant green

Matures into deep, virile tropical hues.

Fast-forward from one season to the next,

While the sun runs its daily race

Across  azure, misted, greyed-over vault.

Life taking its course.

Until the last drops of dew

Evaporate from the last blossom.

Linger on

Beside me.

Hold me in your gaze-

Now smouldering passion,

Now soft and tender,

Foggy with sleep,

Bright with excitement,

Seeing through me and all the fronts I put up,

Looking past the present into the future-

Until the stars go out,

And the horizon begins to glow.

Be

Yourself

With me.

Grow.

Evolve.

Chill.

Get wild,

Throwing caution to the wind.

But be.

Until our bodies intertwine

In time,

‘Til our hearts collide and bond,

Til our minds become as one.

Til the ocean says your name

And the clouds draw you portraits of me.

Be.

Be mine

And I be yours.

While cities grow,

And children become the elderly,

While wars rage,

And we age,

While crises come and go,

And we fight our battles aft and fore,

Til the tempest calms

And lets us drift into beyond.