learning

by devon - Taurus

i imagined you there, waiting for something. i felt the silent
drift of the wind all around us. i noticed it playing in your 
hair. how soft it must be i thought to myself. in my mind, i 
was running my fingers through those strands. learning all 
about life as we passed the day in silence. together. this 
day felt like an eon blessed for us. it crawled on its side 
and allowed us the privilege of its latency. time. we learned
its game and played with it like two children at the edge of 
the cosmos. there was only us. the sky. the earth. feelings 
all around us. i looked again into your eyes. there i was. 
i held onto you and we let go. we fell so beautifully into 
this golden sunrise. aloft with the feather that we had 
stolen from the bird of tomorrow. i remembered your name 
as i called out to you. my dearest heart. i exist for you. 
i am you. we are here because the world called us to each 
other. we fall together only to help and co-exist with 
everyone else, but apart from them as well. i give to you 
all of my life and all of my dreams. for you there is only 
a fruit-filled basket of memories and laughter tinged with 
honey. from deep within my youth i called out the feelings 
of wonder...but, they were there in your eyes all along. 
you filled my mind with intrigue and interest. i was captured 
and captivated by you. you. who are you? what can i do to be 
with you again? i feel so far from you when time remembers 
itself and punishes us for what we have done. how i wish we 
were the timeless ones i have dreamed us to be. the children 
of life. we could never cross the stream without being misted 
by its wetness. this thing that flows without bound. the ocean 
to which it cuts endlessly, i wonder how vast it is. this ocean 
of life, of emotions. how strange this stuff we call water, 
that it resembles in its actions the patterns of life.

drifting. oceans apart. flowing. tears from my heart. i wonder 
then what must be done to regain the beauty of living. this 
which seems to elude me from time to time...what is love? i 
called you my love so many times before, but never had i the
courage to tell you that i had wanted to find you in me helping 
me discover its meaning. thinking back, i understand that you 
were there all along. you cared for me when i was sad or lonely. 
you lifted me up when i had fallen into myself...and never
did you falter in this. i showed you my innermost thoughts and 
shared with you all of my opinions and emotions. had i the 
sense to know any better, i would have known that you had always 
loved me. but, for me, love comes ever so slowly. and when it 
finally did come it hit me like a world off-course. i was 
devastated to learn that you were there in front of me all 
along, holding my hand and nurturing my heart with your warmth.
i opened up and swallowed you without even asking your permission.
i carry you inside me now. i feel you have finally become a 
part of me...like a second self within. i call to you and i 
can hear you answer from deep inside. there are memories of 
mine that i know are your own. perhaps i am feeling the pull 
of your earth and sky. perhaps the time has been kind to us. 
it has allowed us an incredible journey together. i, the 
traveler out of space and time, i called to your heart so many 
times and wandered towards you without knowing where i was
going. this perpetual quest for the fire that burns so 
sweetly from within. my tongue cries to taste the memories 
of you once more. 

Reason for writing:

    discovering    

Birth sign: Taurus
Date created: 2000-06-02 02:08:06
Last updated: 2021-04-14 17:18:11
Poem ID: 56359

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