Two nights I have dreamt in silent retreat.

The first night
you told me that you love me
with big, bold letters escaping your mouth
like uncaged ravens.
With one breath,
one thump in my chest,
I fell into your embrace
and became frozen by time’s unraveling;
the way a thousand flowers
begin and end at once-
the way they grow between my bones
and leave me so breathless.

The second night is tonight
and I dream of you, awake.
Lucid images breathing in my mind
make it impossible to conceal this longing-
to sweep my fingertips across your flushed cheeks,
to scope the landscapes of your eyes
with the birds of mine.

There's an ageless world
between dreams and reality.
I find myself found here.