i hope that one day
you can learn to love
my mind the way you
love my body
                            l.r.

kiss me in the way the waves
touch the shore.
love me in the way the stars
love the night.
whisper sweet nothings to me
as if you were telling a secret.
                                   l.r.

you are an adventurer,
constantly exploring the
geography of my
heart.                        l.r.

it seems like only last year
we were standing here,
our toes in the rolling tides.
you told me that you loved me
but I could see some sort of
reservation in your eyes.
and now I'm standing here
my toes in the sand,
facing the setting sun.

*i hear your name in every breaking wave

endlessly searching for
knowledge in a world of
fear,
we are the white knights of
our generation.
                              l.r.

sand and saltwater sweat
fills my nostrils
as we lay side by side on
the shore.
if love was an ocean,
then I've never wanted to
drown more.          
                             l.r.

In between lives I've loved you, different parts of you each time, so now in this life we are living I've come to love you completely, without reserve, like putting all the pieces of a puzzle together, leaving me one beautiful something made with the tiny pieces of us.      
          s.w. collins

Like any puzzle,
though -- overtime -- we lose the little pieces. And the whole picture that once was is now distorted.
Eventually, we leave the puzzle behind because the holes cannot be filled.
we are missing the things that used to hold us together            l.r.