Dear One

Where did you come from

Bright star

What heaven did you leap from

Dear love

How can I spell your name

Without the sound of

Autumn underneath my tongue

Without acknowledging the lovers

Who bent me in half

Bless them for bringing me to you

How can I say your name without

Also breathing the words

"My god I found you"

How can I ever speak again

With this mouth

When it has found

Where it belongs

When you touch me

I am a bed of calla lilies

I will make a house for you

And fill it with evergreens

I will paint sunsets on every wall

So you can only see beautiful things

How can I say "love"

Without wanting to fold myself into you

Like a thousand paper cranes

Dear one

I was halved the moment

I was born

The other piece of me

Is inside your mouth

And I was found

Whole the moment you spoke