when love finds you

when love finds you, the

heart flutters, breath quickens,

eyes glisten under stars

tiny beads of sweat fill the

palms of hands

an unexpected smile evinces

walks on river banks

become memories of

purple blossoms and the waft

of lavender filing the air as

tiny ripples underneath the

river’s water sparkles like

diamonds falling from

the Sun’s rays

                        

the verve of youth

resides within again

and the angst of aging dissipates

into the cool night’s breath

as the lightning bugs

dance in the air

the song and the poem that

the spirit of the Universe recites

… be still my heart

let mine eyes capture the

moon beams kissing the sea by night

and let me feel the warm fingers

of the Sun as it lays them upon

Nature’s breast, by day

so when mine eyes shall close

to rest onto that eternal nocturne

sleep, let me dream these life made

memories that sated my soul,

with my partner’s hand in tow

you know, the one who filled

my heart with Love

i observe the night

supine against the foot of a tree, i peer

upward to the black canvas sky of night

watching the stars hazy light moving in

and out, breathing the night’s cool air

cicadas have decided to chide the quiet

and stillness of darkened sleep reminding

there are some who are nocturnal and

stay up to watch the Moon’s display

i hearken in a stream of thoughts and

memories of the day that’s passed with

wide eyed reverie, not of dreams, while

my heart palpitates slow, fast, slow again

i wander into a euphoria where the cool

air titillates my skin and the waft of night

fills my lungs and mine eyes behold the

darkness and my heart dances with my soul

i feel in touch with the spirit of Earth

as the feet of the tree supports the chakras

in my spine while parsing its stillness and

quiet in its wisdom, sharing it with me