I hear your voice <br />And suddenly I want to lay down <br />Close my eyes and wrap myself <br />In the sure sweet words of <br />You, as you recite <br />Chapters from books <br />To make me laugh. <br />You remind me of home, I’m safe <br />As long as you keep your net of words <br />Holding me, keeping me connected <br />To you, to love, to life <br />It’s all I can do, not <br />Even breathing, for fear it would break <br />Whatever fragile sentence <br />Is tying you to me <br />In that very moment <br />Don’t ever stop <br />Calling me home. <br />Someday I imagine you reading my poetry <br />Out loud, for all the world to hear <br />The poetry of our love, the vow of faith <br />Making all these frail words concrete <br />Like a foundation for a home <br />That can not be washed away by angry words, fighting words <br />But lasts, through all the words we can say <br />Except one <br />Eventually Time will be our undoing <br />But for now, exhilarate me, <br />Fling me out to the extent of space with every word you possess <br />Let us grow intoxicated on excessive, unnecessary words <br />Because you already know how I feel <br />Without words.<br /><br />Meredith Fahey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/words-40/
