When you look





my heart flutters





skips a beat





your eye catches mine





i drift


dream


wish


hope





sunsets and warmth





hugs and kisses





peace and contentment





a bird swoops across





and catches my heart





in his beak





across the desert plains





anytime





i could fall





could be dropped





but carried safely across





i feel good





you are at the end





the pain and suffering along the way





all beyond my





comprehension


care


feelings


recognition





i see it all around me





in the faces of people





my peers





and yet





it feels like a movie





i feel nothing





experience nothing





nothing unpleasant





just your smile





just your touch





just your lips on my neck





just my shivers





and i am happy





although there is turmoil all around me





a storm brewing black





blue





dark menacing thoughts swirl





around me





and yet i am happy





for the thoughts are not alone





their darkness does not reign free





for the sun radiates from me





i notice not the storm





all i notice is you





and i am happy





for you are here





real





and you whisper in my ear





"I love you."