before you
my mouth and pen were dry
now poetry
rushes through my veins
pours out of my fingertips
flows from my mouth
you keep my head spinning
with words
and i need more and more and more and more of you

i pressed my lips
to your skin
and prayed
you would feel it in
your heart

i asked him
how he stood on the shore
of the ocean
and let the waves crash around him
(i was afraid i would be pulled under)

i asked him
why he always wore white
how those fabrics
seemed to shimmer with every color
and none at all
(i was afraid to stain my clothes)

i asked him
if those trailing tears on his cheeks
ever stung as they fell
(i was afraid to let them see my own)

i asked him
how he got
his big beautiful wings
how he soared so smoothly in the skies
(i was afraid of those herculean heights)

he told me there were times
he had inhaled the salty water
blood had stained his clothes
his tears had left scars in their wake
and he had flown too close to the sun

and when he spoke
every word fell on my skin
like a star from the heavens

and when he stood in front of me
i was no longer afraid
to touch
an angel

i would like back
every penny
that i threw
in the well
for you
i would have twice what i cost you

i had forgotten how to breathe, darling,
since i first laid eyes on you
until now
when finally
you look back at me
and you fill my lungs
and you circulate throughout my body
i couldn't rid myself of you if i tried
i gasp for you with every breath
all i can do is pray
that you will not be poisonous

if we dreamed together
would you see
what i see?
would your feet leave the ground?
would my words color the sky
the way yours always have?
would you feel time
as it slows smoothly to a stop?
would you see the electricity
between us?
i hope you would dream
what i have dreamed
for last time i slept
when i finally
opened my eyes
there stood my dream