Forever

FOREVER

I didn't know 

what I couldn't know

what was never expected

My heart never tested

like this 

Before it was

Rasping 

grasping

always exasperating 

each leap a plummet

with no net

but always off 

a safe cliff

Breaking my bones

I jump

Into bland expectations

of familiar

of pain

and complexity 

bordering on

insanity

The very definition 

over and over again

shocked by the

results

An easy rubber room

of expected padded walls 

without windows

but a huge exit door 

chosen  

not 

to 

see

Along 

came

you

And we dance.

A metaphor?

Sure.  But also more.

So.

much. 

more.

A changing

rearranging

of expectations

and uncomplex

mysteries

A heart 

that would take a lifetime

to solve

A lifelong pursuit 

worth every wonder 

and worth every moment

A moment was all it took

A moment is all we have

What tomorrow brings

no one can know

that's how it goes

but for us it's more real

More 

imposing

We don't want to think

We don't want to 

face it

So we don't. 

We 

kiss 

with abandon

Reckless 

we jump

No net 

but we fly

and never touch down

A never-ending first connection

deeper and deeper

than ever before

exposing two broken hearts

longing

Altered perceptions

New eyes

see everything in a second

see everything in each other 

Lost in a moment

infinite

unceasing

A beating pulse

of music and passion

and fire

and hearts mending together

by blending together

and mingling together

two bodies and souls

How can it be

this easy?

It's never that simple

Isn't there always a catch?

It's supposed to be work

So they say

But joy isn't work

if 

it's 

joy

it's 

simply

worth

it

Words roll off the tongue

Touch the spirit

and frighten away

both the long nights of failed past

and also the very joy 

spoken from deep inside

Fear

paralyzes 

but still we move

Worth it

we grow

we learn

we share

we hold

we feel

we care

we miss

we talk 

at every opportunity

We love

We part

a sneak preview 

of the desert to come

The pain of distance

an unquenchable thirst

growing nearer

and nearer

as the end looms

We say end...

but why?

An end assumes

an ending

Does the beat really end

when two hearts share one voice

or does the beat go on

beating?

A trance

A rhythm

of two 

dancing

living

one life

together

We reunite

The kiss continues

no end in sight 

as lips kiss away

the fright

lurking inside

Always the first

and never the last

we join

we share

we grow

We part

how hard 

is this

going to get?

When the parting 

isn't sweet

but only sorrow

why would we do it again?

Could we do it again?

No choice

No voice

to speak the words

neither of us want to say

goodbye

Love is patient

but far is so far

and life goes on

so they say

Love is kind

and kindness

defines us

no conflict ever leading 

to sorrow

And kind as in special

A special kind

which also

defines us

and reminds us

this has never happened before

to either of us.

amazing

remarkable

wonderful

incredible

None of those words say 

goodbye

None of those words spell

hopeless

Each word made of letters

Letters written on our hearts

spoken from our hearts

believed in our hearts

forming a new word

FOREVER

Rare

It's what they say this is

A treasure

Don't let it go

Don't pass it up

or you're a fool

We wouldn't dare

let it go 

if we were you

If we had amazing

we would grasp it

clasp it

wear it around our neck

or our finger

It'll be okay

they say

Wait

Be patient

while things that must be worked out

be worked out

There's that word again

Patient again

Which is love

Which is love

Which waits

Which is love

Which is kind

Which is love

of a kind

amazing

remarkable

wonderful

incredible

It's remarkable

and incredible

and amazing

and wonderful

Just like you say

I am

Just like I say

you are

So is a love like this

A love like this

is worth it.

A 

love 

like 

this

is forever