Never Forget

Delicate blue columbine fingers
Deep pool fathomless eyes
Overflow moonlight
And the motion of your steps
Oh that dance
That circling of stars
Galaxies across expanse

Did I ever say it in words
Did I ever really tell you
Or did the rounds of casualness conspire
Days slip by with the words left unspoken

And now my cheeks are wet with this dew
Of aching remembrance
Wet lines trace the pathway beyond into as of
And I this shy deer can find no more words to tell of your sublime
Beauty

The mountain streams flowing toward the ocean
Wishing to be closer to you
Evaporate in the sun's love and float as clouds in your sky

The trees longing for nearness
Sink roots deep and pull the essence of the earth up through
Trunk branch leaf in one glorious leap

The whole earth spins in your delight
Through the expanse of wonder
And the stars themselves cannot help but wink
Complicit in the love play

Did I ever really say it out loud
Did I ever really show
That I would stand naked in the busy streets of my living
Set aside the crowd within myself for just one glimpse

I don't think so And yet
And yet still this gift you have given so freely
And now I am cloud I am bird I am tree trunk galaxy ocean
And the earth's ever widening performance

Columbine flower fingers and the graceful movement of swallows
That is how I remember you
And in the garden and at night
You have become laughter that charms the moon
Unraveling my mind in mystery unmaking knots of known and unknown
Leaving only this beauty