loving the thought of you

you who I do not know

loving the struggle

the thorn

the page torn

the heart scorn

loving the message I hear not

the waking moments of what if

the distant echo of your breath

your whisper

my ear

loving the thought of you near

the dream awake

so crisp I smell your hair

so ripe I spell your name

a thousand times in the air

over long breaths

so sweet

that all my cares melt right into your presence

and you just make me smile

a child whose met his best friend

loving the thought of you