It's the waking up
early groggy-eyed-and-grumpy
that even a year later
still jolts me, and reminds me:
It pumps through my veins,
like blood,
carrying something vital to every
part of me. It fills me, this flood.
And it's here, in this late adolescence
where I am seated,
that I yearn so early
for your touch, your warm embrace.
And it creates in me a fantasy,
it's no surprise that I see us
at the beach, smiling as you take
a photo of me, waves crashing at my feet.
Even though it hasn't yet happened,
I hear it, between the perfectly tumbling
water, and the salt in the air.
The words, " I'll love you forever"
Are there.
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