Untethered

Sleepiness awakens my senses
to the possibility of you 
gracing my days, 
tenderly,
like a sweet child with a lovely smile,
longing to connect.
Oh, what a feeling!
Cautiously courageous,
we move in sync,
and slow dance in the moonlight
among wildflowers 
on rooftops.
We reach for our shadows,
then leap,
free falling into possibilities.
I'm dizzy from the way colors spin
around you 
while you hold still,
anchored to my heart.
I want to run to the end of the world
and back again,
and wrap myself tightly in the melody 
of your laughter,
while it wiggles and wriggles
as love seeps through my fingers 
into your soul.
You open yourself up
and I fall right in.
This is only a daydream
late in the night
while this heavy air sticks 
to my window
and I can barely keep my eyes open.
Images begin to blur into obscurity
and words no longer make sense
and I let myself fall into the depth
of your essence.
Dreams are only 
a moment away.

2011