Love Story

in your arms, I lie at night

as the stars shoot magic from the skies
and beam their approval down upon us
and through the weeping of the willow tree

I hear the night birds begin to sing
love notes my heart has written of our days
since our beginning
and they float along on a breeze to play

There in the depth of your eyes

hangs the sparkle of the moon
and I am rendered breathless
releasing in that moment, from their cocoons

batting still wet wings
in an attempt to fly away

are instead caught  inside
the cage that holds my heart 

a kaleidoscope of butterflies 

that flutter on, into hot summer days

just like my breath when I'm with you,
completely swept away

and in these quiet moments of us

and the heat of southern summer nights 

we share and make a universal love
skin responding
beneath the others touch

our intertwining bodies feed

drawing on the power
of Aphrodite

and together, we create a tapestry

woven tight with mystical forces,
untamed and free
as making love should be
and it hangs among the planets and the stars

a constellation bearing witness to our souls
unifying in our hearts
among all the galaxy, to be

a cosmic representation
of  our undeniable Love Story

~ M. Sneed