In You I See

In you I see

a universe of colour

unbound by hesitation,

staring at me across the room,

soulful

emancipation in your eyes;

and your breath,

saturating my body

between kisses.

In you I see,

a child,

eternally curious,

searching for answers and questions too!

imagining stars 

hanging from clouds.

In you I see

a winters day,

mournfully drudging through snow

baggage on each arm

burdened by the cold

of the burning sun,

can I touch you?

with my bare hands?

give you the life that warms me

and I shall warm you,

within eternity.

In you I see,

the desert

burning burning!

hot like sand 

and ashes from a fire

slipping between my fingers

after sundown;

I feel the space you leave behind.

empty,

like the night

without a star.

In you I see,

a white light,

our hands touching

on a summers day,

walking through the seasons

into the blooming of spring.

In you I see

everything,

all of me;

the embodiment of an opposite

that is somehow the same.

I see a soul

split!

at the beginning of time

searching endlessly

between ticking hands

and common spaces,

and here you are...

found

in a bar over Northcote's bridge

battered by life's betrayals

and haunted with reservation

but I am here now

to heal you.

To fill you up 

and be filled by you

for I am not afraid;

only pleased 

that we are here,

together once more

for a brief moment in time

and I am,

complete.