Until

Stay
Until the rain subsides:
With our shoulders barely touching,
And only static-charged air in between;
While the sound of the raindrops
Make melody amidst the leaves,
Sliding languidly from one to the other,
Rolling from twig to branch to trunk
Penetrating soft earth toward root.


Watch.
While seed becomes sprout
And bright infant green
Matures into deep, virile tropical hues.
Fast-forward from one season to the next,
While the sun runs its daily race
Across  azure, misted, greyed-over vault.
Life taking its course.
Until the last drops of dew
Evaporate from the last blossom.


Linger on
Beside me.
Hold me in your gaze-
Now smouldering passion,
Now soft and tender,
Foggy with sleep,
Bright with excitement,
Seeing through me and all the fronts I put up,
Looking past the present into the future-
Until the stars go out,
And the horizon begins to glow.
Be
Yourself
With me.
Grow.
Evolve.
Chill.
Get wild,
Throwing caution to the wind.
But be.
Until our bodies intertwine
In time,
‘Til our hearts collide and bond,
Til our minds become as one.
Til the ocean says your name
And the clouds draw you portraits of me.
Be.

Be mine
And I be yours.
While cities grow,
And children become the elderly,
While wars rage,
And we age,
While crises come and go,
And we fight our battles aft and fore,
Til the tempest calms
And lets us drift into beyond.