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

#poetry #love