Flow

It's not all consuming, the nature of which denies the recipient

The space they need to grow and change and become the person

That they're meant to be or destined to be if you prefer that

But it is all encompassing, of a kind that I have never known

Gazing upon you I see nothing but the real person you are

The person that is so full of beauty and compassion and grace

Near to bursting with intelligence and strength and heart

I understand that my heart is full with it all and simply put

Unwavering in my support and my desire to see that growth

Continue on its journey and flow like water to its destination

I Can't Say Proud

My heart is swelling at this exact moment

Filled to bursting with pride and admiration

Your last year has been unimaginably hard

Challenge after difficult challenge stacked

One atop the other in a Jenga of adversity

Waiting for you to pull out each block and

With your usual aplomb, solve each problem

Constantly amazed at your strength and soul

And the creativity with which you approach 

Those things that put others into a tailspin

Holding on to the belief that anything and 

Everything is possible for you and your will

Proud isn't even a word that fits in this context

A new word needs to be invented that would 

Encompass all that I am for you and your life

You

You smile

The world stops

Captivated

Pure light

Emanating

You laugh

Heads turn

Musical

Calling forth

Happiness

You touch

I shiver

Love pouring

Totality

Of your soul

It's That Feeling

It's that cup of coffee on the couch, your feet in my lap feeling

Smoothness of cream, sweetness of maple, and Forty Six chocolate

Combining with the feel of the skin on your ankle as I use my hands

It's that dancing in the kitchen, dinner on the stove type of feeling

Beat felt in my soles, hands on your hips, saucy smells redolent

In concert with the taste and scent of your neck as I make small kisses

It's that clothes on for now, quickly about to be strewn on the floor feeling

Paleness of skin, brownish pink peaks, beautifully curvaceous lines

Harmonies blending with intimate touches and gloriously delicious tastes