Reaching out with all my heart to touch you
I hunger till my teeth ache

I sense you about me with each atom of my soul
wanting your eyes to fill my own
and speak
your hands to intertwine
finger by finger
and lock
with mine

I wait
with a wild impatience
for you to give yourself to me
wholly, completely, freely
fearless in my presence

I practically explode into the encroaching night
with desire to connect the dots
between us
the air
the essence
that breath of life that joins us
endlessly, intimately
a brilliant crash
of molecules of affection
from smile to smile
from step to step
toward that cosmic embrace

I love you with a dire pain
that recognizes no constraint
a ceaseless passion
that arcs time and space
an eternal flame
you ignite and extinguish
with one peerless kiss
scorching like a nova
breaking through the clouds
and cold April rain
to touch me
while the gods play
with the strands of our destinies

© Rafika 4/06/2012