If One Day.....

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If one day, I find you unexpectedly.

I shall recognize you by the wind

that moves your beautiful invisible hair.

I shall touch you with a hand

you have been forming

within me for an age or more,

and I shall know you by this heart of love

that has been broken to be your own.

 

If one day, I should meet you as my Beloved

I shall know you by the fragrance of a rose

you have watered with your love

in this wild field of my becoming.

I shall feel the touch of your cheek on mine

as a prayer on your breath

that kisses passion into moonlight.

 

If one day, I chance upon your nakedness.

I will tear my cloak of desire to ribbons

just to dress you one last time

to see that loveliness in appearance.

That image you have painted upon my soul

since time began,

and which has destroyed my longing

for this world completely.

 

If one day, you came to me

as a glimpse of the sky in full bloom.

As the curl of the eyelash of the sun.

I would bow to you as a rainbow

arcing myself into your brilliance

just to disappear into your glance.

To be the sight of you as you take my being

and color it with the sunset of my departure,

in the sunrise of your love.

 

 

love

 

eriv