something inexplicably mine

you hold your heart
close to your chest
even to the discerning eye
it’s nearly colorless

but to me

it’s vivid
brighter
than nature’s greens and blues
illuminated by the noon time sun

i see you
as a man
strong
unbreakable

the young boy
you used to be
beneath the soft
brown
in your eyes

you contradict you

unintentionally
willingly
beautifully

there is something
inexplicably mine

within you

i am desperately
unable
to resist you

© jmr/2009

reckless abandon

Your touch ignites my senses
Our candor, something I’ve never experienced

The way you take control when things get scary for me
And gently guide me back to
Feeling normal again

Our laughter, from the very start
The purest sense of joy
The sweetest lightness of heart

The innocence as we stare wide-eyed
At what we have together

We watch with wonder
We open up with reckless abandon

We are vulnerable to the safest other person
Each of us has ever known

I see what I like best about myself in you
I see what I can become in your eyes

You are someone I can be myself with
My deepest, most intimate self

You wrap me up in your arms
And bury your body inside mine

To get closer – not to take from me
You re-awaken my sense of belief
And trust

You make me feel brand new

© jmr/2001