I will not avoid
and I will not forsake you.
I will only soak you in like the sunshine
and drink you like holy wine,
let my body fall
into your hills of winter snow.

I want to breathe you in
like oxygen.
Breathe you in until I’m high.
I want to take you to mountaintops
and kiss you in rainforests
and dance with you in tulip fields
with my hands at your waist,
your hair grazing my neck.
Teach me your language-
I want to speak your tongue
and become fluent in
the taste of you.