One loneliness that fades
Into your face, when you appear.
Inside the crease, when you let go.
That's what it means.

Upon a kiss, when you remind,
That faith is better when spread through,
Left to answer on its own in patient beats.

Banished like a moment
In your thoughts of time and place
Like a second in this romance
Like a season in the wind.
Like falls of inspiration,
Oceans breathing, hearts inside.
And I open, tree-like longing,
Into your gaze
Into your smile.

This is love, in bigger pieces,
Than the world can take by storm.
This is hope, in softer movement,
Than a life can live without.

Sweet and taste surround a lip
That trembles at the slightest slip,
Of tongue or voice
But mostly of a touch.

This is what I need tell:
Whatever falls, whatever breaks,
Whatever takes a darker form,
Painting out the sunset with a gray.
Whatever steals, whatever burns,
Whatever turns along the way,
I will love you with an ever-patient smile.