I breathe softly
My heart whispers, "Stay"
My body deems, "Hold me tight"
And in my mind echoes, "Never let me go"
The blood and veins underneath my chest are very much alive and throbbing
I melt into him as we lay embraced in each other's arms
The sound of rain falling in the background
I listen to the raindrops as they tumble onto the window behind us
Sliding down
Running their fingertips over the clear semblance
Playing nature's music like a drum
Lulling the two of us into a deeper reverie

His touch lingers on each portion of my skin
Warm and tingling
Turning my heart red
Opening it
Turning it inside out and outside in
It is all so surreal
I am having trouble believing in the reality of the moment
The reality of him laying next to me
His strong arms wrapped entirely around me

My eyes have not once left his
I stare into them
Look at him longingly
The feeling painted all over my face
And I quietly tell him I do not want him to leave
To which he quickly replies, "Good. Because I don't want to leave either."
And glistening smiles manifest across both of our faces

Still gazing into each other's eyes
We get lost in the moment
Once more

Trees and birds and moonbeams and love and adventure
That's all she ever thinks about

Soaring with the wind, floating on the clouds,
kissing the sky and dancing with the moon
That's all she ever thinks about

Passports and passion and places and people
That's all she ever thinks about
All she ever thinks about

Beauty marks as galaxies
Freckles as complex star formations
Her skin as the vast expanse of the universe*

With grace in her heart
And flowers in her hair
She seems to light the world on fire
With her love and flare

I have a habit of losing myself in other people
And it's never really proven itself to be a good thing
It has caused a significant amount of pain and loss

But now, I find myself asking,
"What if you meet someone and discover yourself within them?"
A part of you that you have been searching for and missing for a long, long time
So long you don't even remember what it feels like to have that part of you back...
What it feels like to be whole and complete

So maybe a habit of losing yourself in other people isn't such a dire thing
Because once you come across the right person
Whenever or whomever that may be
You begin to grow and discover
Rather than to hurt and lose
More and more
Maybe it's all about finding the other person
Who holds the other part of you within them
Maybe that's where the term "Your other half" comes from

*I think there was always a part of me missing
Until I found it in you

The world in my eyes
That I travel in my head
If only I could reach up and grab the skies
Instead, I guess I'll have to wait until I'm dead

I desire to leave my footprints on every inch of land
To taste and experience every kind of person, every kind of culture
Because a life confined to one place is sad and bland
I wish to soar the skies and devour life like a vulture

So where will I go first?
What will be my first move?
I do not think I can go on ignoring this unending thirst
I need to set myself free, get into the right groove

All I can ask is that someone be by my side
Holding my hand every step of the way
Until the day has come where I have died
And we will have conquered the world and loved day by day