We'll Live in a Castle

you reach for my hand
always there to help me up.
climbing trees together
in silence we watch from above.
finally we've escaped and
left the world below.

you give me the sturdy branch
and we play with caterpillars,
the fuzzy ones.
we don't carve our initials
like lovers of the past.
we're eternalized in this kiss.

when we've found every shape
in every cloud
we climb down slowly.
I go second and you
carry me on your back,
and we sing.

we buy fudgecicles
when the ice cream truck passes.
and I lick chocolate from
the tip of your freckled nose.
we match our paces on the sidewalk,
hands interlocked

at home, conversation never lulls.
you disclose your secrets
and I confide in you
my most peculiar ambitions.
you respond with a kiss and
tell me you want to be there through it all.

we drift to sleep on the couch
and I'm the little spoon,
your arms familiar across my stomache,
breath soothing on my neck.
and we share a dream that leaves
us with matching sleepy smiles.