sunlight poet

[sunlight-poet]

I love you.

for so long, i've known who i am

or at least i thought i did

some things have changed:

my walls have come down

and with tentative steps,

i cross the threshold of the box that i built for myself

many years ago.

there is a world i had never considered,

a world spent with a man by my side.

with everything that has changed,

one thing has stayed the same:

I love you.

[sunlight-poet]

you are the little things

i see you in everything beautiful

the crisp air that rouges my cheeks

the blue sky dappled with soft clouds

the wind shaking the leaves

i see you in everything beautiful

the waves crashing against the hull

the seagull's call from the piling

the sunset's reflection on the horizon

i see you in everything beautiful

[sunlight-poet]

you were the subject of every love song

[sunlight-poet]

and...

a hand on your waist

a thumb softly on your cheek

fingers gently on the back on your neck

soft lips pressed to yours

compliments gasped between kiss

and then

hands pulling you closer

kisses getting deeper

breath is getting faster

the space between our bodies is getting smaller

and now

i can't help but miss

hands on my waist

thumbs gently stroking my cheek

our chest moving in sync with easy breaths

soft lips pressed against mine

hearing "you're beautiful" gasped between kisses

i miss

hands that pull me closer by the small of my back

kisses that get deeper

breaths that get faster

and the space between our bodies that shrinks

until it becomes nonexistent

[sunlight-poet]

whispers of the wind

under the shadow of diamonds,

with my hands on your hips,

tears in your eyes,

and a smile across your face,

the rotation of the earth slowed.

your voice joined the whispers of the wind,

singing the words i’d heard fall

from the beaks of seagulls and whitecaps against plexiglass.

i love you.

[sunlight-poet]

another world, another time, another galaxy

As our shoes are kicked off, sand invades the spaces between our toes

With the fall of a towel and whispers of waves on the shore

We settle into our roles: you--my boyfriend and i--your girlfriend.

Above us, in the dark velvet of our sky,

stars have punched holes,

Revealing light from another world,

Another time,

Another galaxy.

And i believe that in every world,

Every time,

And every galaxy,

We settle into our roles: you--my boyfriend and i--your girlfriend.

[sunlight-poet]

siren call

their eyes are the isle of capri,

swimming with sirens, ready to pull unsuspecting sailors

into their rippling waves,

capsizing their boats and life as they knew it.

they are the moment just after sunset,

when the cotton candy skies fade to a cool blue,

pulling the curious to their telescopes,

searching for constellations in their irises.

shooting stars dance past their pupils,

luring onlookers in to a trance they can't escape.

not that they'd want to.

[sunlight-poet]

a small house in a quiet, do nothing town

when i thought about my future

it was a small house, a bungalow maybe

sitting on the shore of a quiet, do-nothing town

where the tides are as familiar as Mr. Davis next door.

but i think i could live in the mountains,

it would still be a small house, a cabin maybe

sitting on the side of a mountain in a quiet, do-nothing town

where the crunch of autumn leaves is as familiar as Ms. Robinson down the road.