First,
   you forgot me.
Later,
   you hurt me.
Now,
   you laugh about me.

But I forgive you.

I laugh with you
   now.
I will hurt you
   later.
I am going to forget you
   at last.

Love, essence of life.
Kind, patient and innocent.
Quest for a pure heart.

Life’s unchanging surf
lulled me into idle sleep.
Then she hit my shores.

I can hardly wait
to rise anew from ashes.
Set alight by love.

Bereft of words
we sit like fools
across the wooden table.

Eyes swaying shyly
to catch glimpses
of each other.

She turns her head
to hide her flushing cheeks
and rosy curled smile.

Her blooming beauty
stirs hidden butterflies
toward spring blue skies.