I LOVE YOU

 

I love you..

those words stumble around us
unsure and never spoken,
slightly tantalized by the way the rain
is tapping against the window.
We both shy away from them
as we lean into the rhythm,
our sighs mixing with the rain’s song.

I love you..

the sun is glistening through
tall sweet grass,
Crooning familiar meadow lullabies
that are heavy with heat.
Your lips have claimed mine
and I feel a thousand things
that I am not ready to name.

I love you..

in that old cabin,
I can no longer keep silent
so I  finally say those words
and you whisper back...
I love you too.

                                                        The river beside the cabin
                                                        follows the sound of our loving
                                                        and with noisy murmurs
                                                        it spills our declarations of love
                                                        into the wind.