©2007 M. Bennett Hooper

Mesmerized is how I feel when I met you I had no idea that this would come.
Now I sit here lost in my thoughts of how it came to be that you and I are sharing the same space in time.
Looking at one another so clearly mirror images I smile you smile
Eyes shut tight from tears that will never flow because I never open them.

Lingering at the gate of your life space pausing before entering the sound of your voice speeds up the beat of my heart.
I question the reflection I see in you as you question who makes the rules.
My cowards’ mouth speaks volumes of I don’t understand what you’re talking about.

Blends of jasmine and roses water lilies and pussy willows wave before us as you paint for me what is a new picture more surreal than Romeo and Juliet.
One conversation leads to another embracing this narrated journey.
No fairies in our tale no dragons to slay leaving no room for fear all doubt is erased by your laughter and all pain erased from past heartbreak.
How is this love?
We haven’t even had sex but we always make love never genital to genital always mentally.

My heart shouts I have searched for you all of my life but finders are not always keepers.
I shall keep you in my secret place where my love is always safe, returned, and comforting.
I dream in color love is my blue.
The sky is limitless how about you.