Hummingbird you fell to the ground, I scooped you up and put you where no one would ever hurt you, taking the pain for us both.

Innocent and intricate, this world wasn’t made for your beauty.

I thought you’d forget me until You buzzed overhead today, perched on the tree and looked me in the face

reminding me to relentlessly feast on sweetness while the sun reveals an iridescent beauty blunted by the night.

The morning we met,
we spoke to each other
with a progressive urgency
to catch each other up on a lifetime apart.

My soul recognized you
though my mind did not.

frustrating how my traitorous body
desires you to close the gap between us
your lips gripping mine midsentence
yet you walk away

Ocean deep, horizon wide
You caught my breath standing by my side

I swear we met before
On a forgotten shore

You recognized me,
A memory old as the sea

Fear of depravity
You surrendered to gravity

Ocean deep, horizon wide
Come back to me on the spring tide

We could have been quiet lovers
we should have remained  strangers
To know you is to  want to know you more
Your thoughts, actions, heart, and mouth
Deprivation magnifies curiosity
the feel of your stubble on my neck,
and strangers don’t do that.