be my sunrise

arch your back
make space for my breath
between our skin

the night holds on
and the day will wait
for now, you can be my sunrise

what are we to each other?

what are we to each other?

maybe you are saturn
and i’m your ring
all my pieces caught in your gravity

maybe you’re the ocean
and i’m your sand
intimately connected no matter the tide

maybe i’m a firefly
and you’re my light
signaling our love to anyone who’s looking

or maybe i’m a man
and you’re my woman
not a possession but a partner
not a helper but an equal
not separate but together

what are we to each other?

nothing holds us back

fingers interlaced
eyes toward the horizon line
nothing holds us back

our first kiss

i have a hunger that can’t be filled
by anyone other than you
i need you with me
in the dew grass
in the dawn light
under morning stars
from unknown galaxies
i’ll go anywhere, do anything
if you’re near
nothing else matters
just the simplicity
of you and i
and our first kiss

near me

drop your luggage
and wrap your arms around my neck
days have never passed as slow
as the last ten
and i’ll never again choose to be apart from you

it’s like trying to live
without water
trying to breathe
without air

i need you
doing life
near me

good morning

good morning sweet one
whose beauty captivates me
from so far away