reaching for you to touch you;
holding on to keep you near.
lover, you define my world and
through your eyes, i see the truth.

that simple things can have
greater meanings than we dared imagine
and lives can take turns
we never would have anticipated.

that a kiss can contain a thousand
meanings, and an embrace can
fit the heart with wings and give it
the ability to soar toward the heavens.

i never was the kind to believe
in happy endings or fairy tales,
but what i have found eclipses any
fantasy the mortal mind could fashion.

for no one person could invent
the calmness in the spaces between us,
and nobody could create the
peace within my soul you gift to me.

nobody could ever dare concoct
the type of life we live together and
no imagination could ever devise
the sentiments you inspire.

if i could gift you the universe
as a way of saying thanks to you,
i would wrap it in a gilded package
without any hesitation, lover mine.

if i could bottle the wind or
capture the essence of each night
we spend together, i would present
them both as a tribute to you.

as it is, though, i have my words
and the feelings which pass between us,
like a steady pulse we share
and a pleasant notion we inhabit.

reaching for you to touch you,
i thank the heavens above i have you,
and embrace the eternity lying in wait
with you and me walking side-by-side.

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my eternal maestro, as i have considered what brought us together and what we share, i came upon this poem which was penned just before i confessed my sentiments for you. indeed, i would have left it on your desk, or somewhere you could stumble upon it. i am glad, though, i have the occasion to share it with you now.

i am truly a charmed immortal for being able to call you my husband. eternal companion, such shall always be my sentiments, on this mortal coil and the world which awaits when this earth perishes.

i love you with all that i am.
peter

***

nervous breaths exhaled

and i can smile,
and i can look to the stars
and sense the wonder of a child again
as i ponder simpler questions
with grander implications

such as, why do the heavens, in their glorious expanse
seem to engulf me in a blanket of stars?
is it because the night sky panorama is somehow
larger, or because i see myself in a portrait
and know, one being cannot exist by himself?

why is it that when i behold
something as ordinary as the moon
i can see the portal to the horizon
and revel in the wind with
humble appreciation?

the combination of particles blowing through my hair
is the combination of voices chanting out, leading me
toward paradoxes and puzzles, symphonies and soliloquies,
patiently awaiting the dawn to dream of dances

and partners
and hope and peace
and simple tranquility
and promise and change
and the knowledge that the future,
once so startlingly uncertain
has now become an open book
with pages desperate to be filled by us.

i step through the door and into the days which follow
and interlace my fingers with the hand reaching out for mine
knowing that whatever might come, whomever i shall
meet from this day forth, and whatever i shall do…

… i do not face it alone.

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i want to be surrounded by your essence,
feeling you inside the marrow of my bones.
i want to drift to sleep with you my final thought,
and wake with you a desperate notion,
my spirit not sated without you near.

you bolster me with words of wisdom.
you clutch my hand through tempests
wrought by human hands; you guide me
through the desert valley. when i am with you
nothing could distill these sentiments…

except to lose myself within the moments and
lose myself within the promise of tomorrow.
sentinel of my soul, my heart kept safe within
the cherished emotions exchanged,
come tangle me within your peace, my reverie.

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raise the bow to strings,
a harmony established, a sonnet of notes;
poetry in rhythm.

lift the instrument to lips,
the tale of passionate exchanges
in the simplicity of a song.

together, something beautiful conveyed
within each measure, something
inexplicable communicated.
duet of consequence,
and musicians of fate’s whims,
or could it be the music played
drawing one close to the other?

soft, the twilight beckons,
singing its own summons, the majestic
curtain call of ages.

whispered promises between
two lovers, depths yet to be plumbed
with each note they play.

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you, the fire burning through
my veins; the pulse within
which beats with sound and
fury each time we are together.

i cherish you, my lover.
far beyond the scope of
seas, depths of fathoms,
stretching for miles.

i need you more than
mortal lungs need breath
and hold onto you, desperate
never wishing to let go.

why do the stars appear
that much brighter when we
walk underneath their
celestial canopy?

why does the moon appear
to illuminate the entirety
of the world whenever we stand
hand in hand together?

i can only imagine such
inquiries are akin to asking
why the world revolves around
the sun, seasons turn to years.

i only know, i hope those
seasons, years, those eons stretch
beyond the scope of my
limited imagination.

because you are, and shall always be
the lifeblood of my soul,
feeding it rich with desire and
offering it a place to call home.

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arms wrapped around bodies.
we explored the edge of temptation
and tasted of its fruits, while throwing caution
into the winds of change blowing past us.
we stood upon the precipice of eternity.

i dared myself into the realm of possibility,
and you took me by the hand.
gentle, the hold of fingers intertwining;
hearts blending, doors flung open, daring us
to take that step, that very next push.

reckless, or perhaps daring?
does the beating of two pulses in
simultaneous medley form courage in its wake?
heaven only knows which angels might have sung,
but i heard their symphony just the same.

inside the windows of your soul.
coaxed to the confines of your essence and here i am,
standing on the path to greener gardens,
grateful for the chance to savor
the sweetness of romance realized.

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i love you.

simple as that, and yet therein,
there lies a heartbeat, lies the very
pulse of life, and i find myself
dancing to the tune of its cadence.

to feel you near me

sends ripples of passionate pleasure
and spikes of heated need, want,
shooting through the very veins
the lifeblood of you flows through.

you make me want to
dance in fire, if just to feel the flames
and know not one of them can
touch me the way you do.
heating me, inside out, until the
glow of you radiates from my countenance.

i need you.

simple as that, and yet therein,
there lies the very thing i live for
the very thing which brings me
the very purpose i seek.

the existential mysteries

all solved within the riddle of
how two beings can be so
perfectly and wonderfully matched.
can fit together as well as we do.

you make me want to
call out your name
plead for you, reach for you,
until nothing separates us
but the microscopic molecules
i exhale
only to take you in again.

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the entry to a portal
where i behold much more than
flesh and blood and bone.
eternity waiting for me
on the other side, calling me
to take that next step forward.

falling headlong into bliss,
i ascend toward the
horizon and watch the stars
part to allow me into heaven.

crashing into the waves
of tranquility, i drown within their
depths and do not bother
coming up for air again.

all i need is you. to complete me,
fill me, to see me, hear me,
and to know my name.
all i need is you, to rest beside
every night, until the stars
burn out, and earth is no more.

and even then, my lover,
you shall find me there
waiting in the cosmos, offering
my hand to you so we can dance.

we sail into tomorrow
and relish the bliss of today
as i kiss your lips and part to gaze
into your eyes once more.

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an arm wrapped around you to
hold you closer to me than a whisper,
to feel you against me, knowing time
will pass away before we ever part.

i share this dance with you,
knowing full well the steps taken are
all, one after another, leading us both
to the horizon, into eternity together.

i share my life with you,
knowing full well you share yours
with me as well, in secrets, stories,
and experiences shared between us.

we forge tomorrow with today.
with the melody that resonates and plays
within our minds as we whisper promises
and sentiments inside each other’s ears.

hearts tangled together. you and i sway
softly to the concerto of love’s chorus.
i find with you the steady cadence
and lose myself to find myself anew

whenever i dance with you.

***

\”Iris\” – Goo Goo Dolls

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