You get

quiet

some days

and I wonder where you've gone

afraid of the return

with that part of my insides between my lungs and my stomach

because you always do. 

There's nowhere to hide from you

but you blanket me in nothingness

and coax me to the void. 

Molecular scale seduction.

Your truths are silk spider web tapestries

weaving sticky stories

so well designed

I can't look away.

Remember?

That one moment when your heart fluttered

And your eyes shone

And your mind thought of nothing but the present

Remember?

When you couldn't stop smiling

And your stomach was soaring

And all of your worries disappeared

Remember?

That time you stopped searching

And happiness found you

And settled so softly in your soul

Remember?

I know you do

Because look at that smile, feel the blush in your cheeks

That says you know it was true

To describe love

Is to turn the ocean into a song

How could anyone turn that

Churning, waving, crashing

Glittering, electric lapping

Into a melody

To describe love

Is to paint a picture of a sunset

How could the paint change with every passing moment

Burn and blush and bleed and awe

To describe love

Is to rip the wings off of a butterfly

To demonstrate their beauty

Leaving the poor creature useless and broken

To describe love

Is a feat many will try

So I suggest you live it and feel it

And you'll see that no description comes close to Love

She is beautiful

Rough edges

And a cracked spine

Never turn away those

Who have a hungry mind

She is immortal

Ink blood

Flows through her soul

She has a thousand hearts

Beating young and old

She is strong

Countless caresses, slams

Excited gasps and relieved sighs

Leave her core untouched

Though she stirs some mighty minds

She is a song

Spend some time with her

Listen to her words

Her tune may change, but the music will not fade

In your voice those notes will be heard

She is a part of you

Every reader leaves their mark on her surface

A finger print, a bent page, a smear

And she leaves hers on your mind, your heart and your soul

Where it shines through you like sunbeams, or moonlight or maybe even just a single twinkling star