First a footstep, followed by a shadow; <br />and then there was a knocking at my heart. <br />I saw your lips move, but I did not hear. <br />The words were cast, and my world fell apart. <br /> <br />You were so distant; and now you are near, <br />standing so near and yet standing so far. <br />One glimpse and I am dancing on a cloud, <br />hitching my moon to the spark of your star. <br /> <br />I tremble in hands of exultation, <br />as a feather on the wings of the wind. <br />This happiness is intoxicating, <br />and it brightens the world from end to end. <br /> <br />I am restless like dreams on a pillow <br />or the keys of a piano in pause <br />or an actor taking his final bow <br />before an audience with no applause. <br /> <br />I am captivated by your beauty. <br />My life! My love! Fall in love with me too <br />as gazes collide the very first time <br />and mine sends the message that I love you. <br /> <br />I am tormented by the great distance <br />between two breaths on the verge of a kiss <br />and the scattering of all my senses <br />and arrow-like glances colored with bliss. <br /> <br />Elation wakes like blooms in a garden. <br />The lamp of love its joyous rays impart. <br />Steal me away in your rapturous gaze, <br />and let me knock on the door to your heart.<br /><br />Linda Marie Van Tassell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/door-to-your-heart/
