It begins in my jaws:
a tingling, itching vibration,
then slithers,
like thorny vines
through my veins,
to the back of my neck,
and shoots
downwards through my spine.

I sit *****, energized, enlightened,
stare into your eyes,
and then I say it:
"I love you...
I love you."

You say,
"Oh, that's nice,"
but I can see in your eyes
that you feel it too,
the closeness and the fullness,
that both our hearts are pounding
the same lover's rhythm.

I see you,
reflected in my eyes,
in my reflection
in yours:
the visage of joyous,
youthful anticipation.

We are together,
inside one another,
surrounding each other,
and I can see it all.
The smallest bit of affection,
and the largest lump of love.
I can see it,
you see,
so it finishes in my eyes.