Escalating Fever of Love

Euphoria washes his body

as the spectacular feeling

lathers his soul with bubbles

overwhelms with completeness

she is the other half of him

scrubbing him softly of his past

filling his vessel and overflowing

with unconditional affection

trusting her to unshackle him

from needs that do not coincide

with her completely open spirit

effervescent with nothing hidden

no secrets from one another

thinking of her first thing

upon awakening and

last thing before closing eyes

smiling as he pictures

laughing face and yes,

he lusts for her body

wants to hold her to him

overcome with affection and need

will sacrifice anything for her

feels intense and passionate

sensual and alive with longing

one word from her releases him

from weight and pain of the world

he will love her as she ages

even more than he does now

it builds and consumes more space

as time goes by in waves of knowing

that she will always be there

everything he sees, feels, touches

or smells reminds him of her

incorporated into his universe

a fever that escalates

independent of his desire

this is the love that he cherishes.