it is in your eyes
that I see glitter
that I see and feel laughter
coming inside from my soul
bursting out into the dry
desert of mine

it is in your lips
that I see fortitude
that I see and feel and touch
warmth
just lightly enough
that I do not burn

it is in your hands
that I see security
that I see and feel your pulse
when you touch me
in all the circumstances
I cave into

it is in your heart
that I see life
that I see and feel the evidence
that I’ll live and die for
for all the poetic reasons
in this insanely cruel world

it is in your soul
that I see love
that I see and feel alive
and for the first time
I do not want to vanish
to be with you, and no one else