Breathe

I breathe you in,
Light as a feather touching the cheek of a child that's sleeping,
I breathe you in,
Warm like the sunlight brushing the surface on an ocean that's gleaming.
And you come to me,
With a subtle urgency,
You move in me,
With a grace and mercy.
Love is what is,
A force to be bound by.
It does what it wants,
There's no manual, no guidelines.
And you make it so, appealing.
So all consuming.
That I'm drowning, falling slowly,
Sinking…losing.
This time I'm letting go, of all the fears, and all the no's.
The reasons why, the regretful sighs,
The heavy chest, the choked on breaths,
To all of them I say good-bye.
And hello to you,
My salvation, my muse.
And so I breathe you in,
Just like the stars, shine with a stillness that captures a moment
I breathe you in,
And hold you here with me, love kept and unspoken.