May  our  love  be  like  the
four elements:  EARTH,  FIRE,
WATER, AIR
May our  love be  like EARTH
rich, natural,
and   deeply  rooted,
strong  as  rock   yet
soft  as  sand, always
growing  and  always  patient.

May   our  love   be  like FIRE
passionate, intense, and
energetic  with  a  flame
that  never  dies  and  as
radiant  as  the  morning
sun, as warm as an evening embrace.
                                                                      I want to feel the heat
May   our  love  be  like  WATER             of my own breath bounce
moving, constantly changing                   back and warm my lips
never still, never stagnant, as                   after I strategically place
vast as the ocean and as fresh                   them on my favorite places
                     as a spring's rain.                                             of your skin.
                                                                      I want to leave goosebumps
May  our   love  be    like    AIR                everywhere I have not yet
the sharing of dreams                                kissed and spend the night
,thoughts, and emotions,                           trying to read them like
always fragrant, always                                                                braille.
carefree, found in the breeze
of a whisper, of in the breath of a kiss.                          Jon York   2019