Oh, there you were
Beautiful and undisturbed
Head tilted
Glasses sitting low
Quite fittingly close
To what I'd pictured
As innocence's glow
Patient and gentle
Clear and cut
From riddle and rhyme
And, far surpassing
My understanding of truth and love
Brown eyes and freckles
Strewn across your nose
Cheeks welcoming
My hands to cradle
A kiss upon your forehead
To ease the load
You've been carrying
To break the bars
I've been wearing
Before tracing the contours
Of your freckled nose
To feel my lips upon yours
Skin so porcelain
No blemish my eyes can see
In the blindness of love
So fair and feminine
So carelessly barreling
Toward the source
Of your silhouette
Toward hips like mountains
That steal my breath
As the wilderness of my heart
Deeply reveres
The blooms your meadows possess
Oh, here you are
So near and so far
Beyond my expectations
And, hope cannot explain
How I wish
To be the same for you
As I strive toward
The fulfillment of yours
In both body and soul
In hear-and-now and all that unfolds
As we sojourn presently
Into the depths of the future us