Dear Love, Dear Leilah

I took a fresh gulp of cold water and thought of you-- similarly to the words you used.

I wanna be the Walt Whitman to your America.

I want to be the letters on your papers.

I want to be the food to your soul.

I want to step into your crystal box and close the door.

I want to be your breakfast and your lunch and dinner.

I want to be consumed by you in the form of love.

I want to make you smile like you've never smiled.

I want to kiss your lips and feel your warmth in mine.

I want to peer into your soul through your eyes and never see you cry.

I want to wipe away the tears i know will come down your pretty little face to try to disgrace love.

I want to make a shrine and pray to you.

I want to use the power of your love for good

And be glad I'm finally understood.

I want to hold your hand and squeeze its energy into mine.

I want to look into you, as you look into me, and kiss your lips, filling your pretty face with love.

I want to kiss every inch and millimeter of your body and cry with joy.

I want to take you back to nature and live like Adam and Eve.

I want to tell you, with my eyes and words, that you're all I need.

I want to sleep next to you at night and feel you on my chest.

You will make every hour seem like true rest.

I want to escape pain, see you, and find you've done the same.

I want to pass every feeling and emotion from my mind to yours.

I want to be the water in your lively plants, keeping them, and feeding energy.

I want to show you that I love you with just one word.

I want to prove I love you with a deep and simple look.

I want to tell everyone of your love until I'm old.

I want to bring you close to me so you can feel my heart

And then you'll know that we're not apart.

I want to be the Zebulon to your Sephronia.

I want to make the sky rain for you and the sun come out too.

I want to explain how much I need you in clear words and have you understand.

I want to be close to you and make a stand for love.

Most of all I want to love you like loving's something new

That could never bring any misery to me and you

And will last forever, never being through

Always shinning and clear in view.