when we are together, my dear
we are all flushed skin
and softer bones
melted hearts
and trembling sighs
at a mere thought of you
i go warm,
and in me and around me,
flowers grow
furiously, magically blooming year round
you are the gentlest summer breeze
pressing sweet kiss after sweet kiss
to my burning cheeks
you are the blessed cool water
washing away my every fear
safely covering all my tears
until it's just us, my dear,
flushed, but alive,
soft and loved, on every side