Love.
A word so big
That I choke on the single syllable.

Laying next
To your softly sleeping form
Shifting
Under my fingertips.

I am consumed
And sputtering
As The Word
Fills my throat.

My chest.

The soft rise and fall
Of your breath..

A lilting melody.
A symphony.
In my soul.

It resides there..
Somewhere.
Filling the lulls

Between your heartbeat
And mine.

Stealing kisses
And brushing curls.

A warm swell
That Word..
When you sigh
Against my fingertips.

Dreamless and calm.

Surrendering
To your surrender

As everything else
Simply falls away.