In your sweet shade

whenever
wherever I lay my head
in abandon
it shall rest
in your sweet shade
and I will forget
the thirst
not knowing how many
of your tears
I drank

but I shall
know
no greater treasure lies
beyond the
amber ocean of your eyes
or the
silken brightness
of your smile

do forgive me
if words & dream
sare all I can give you
for now
for I want
to reach you
and
to reach out
and carving out
this mountain
it is your name
I see
and it is
your smile & grace
my fingers
trace out of the
darkness

somewhere along
these lines
of youth & wisdom
somewhere behind
these miles of
vertigo
dreams
are woven
and unfold
in bright
shivering motions
and they too
long to rest
in your sweet shade

Into starlight.