in love    

something in the eyes   intangible    a heartbeat    quickened   dizziness    spread through    something seems to form    from thin air   that makes sense    of your life on pause    this is meant to be    because...    because!

someone with half your soul   
asks to be given   to return    the gift   this precious gift    of noblest nature,    purest essence    someone waiting    someone hoping    that heavenly bodies align    earthly elements combine    perfectly    for just one night.

never the same    ever the same    yet    something about    a feeling    no more    no less    fleeting    that ignites a machinery    long dead    a hundred winters ago    now illuminated   soon animated    a smile    a faint sigh

yes    I am.


July 1999
thai ta

                   
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