like a cool sudden storm
soothing the thick air
of a hot summer night.
It took only a moment
for me to recognize
the charmingly familiar presence
that once lived only in my dreams.
How else could you have
seen so deeply into my heart?
How else could you have
inspired such passion in my soul?
How is it that the words
spoken so often before
had no meaning until
kissed by your lips?
I only know now that
your love means more to me
than every dream I ever had.
You have my love-
the way the sun loves the moon-
eternally and unselfishly.
You have my trust-
the way my feet trust
the earth beneath them.
You have my loyalty and fidelity-
the way the ocean always
returns to the shore.
You have my forgiveness-
the way the trees forgive
the winter in the spring.
You have now my promise
to love you always-
without expectation or conditions.
