Symbols of Love

I watched the clouds in the sky move and dance above me as if they were alive, watching me. To me there was identity there. Not that numbers are alive or can move, but I believe there is more there than numerical quantity. Here they remind me of love. Love . . . 0. Circle of trust. Would you walk with me if I were blind – Would you hold my hand if I had only one – 1. Fence post. If I built more, would you still visit me for an afternoon biscuit? If I promise to not criticize or question you, might you look into my eyes and dare to love me as I do you? 2. Swans, kissing. And if they don’t kiss, might we be as majestic and affectionate. 3. Smooth, flexuous bottom that I surely like to rub and caress… 4. A drifting sailboat. Come sail with me my sweet. We’ll voyage thru life on the gales of trust and anchor near the port of easy solace where we may share quiet moments together. 5. Glass of wine. Slanta! I raise my glass to the future and family and friends who left us. 6. A tremulous and at times adrift wave. Ride it with me. 7. Tilt the rudder on this passive Hinckley. Let’s go together … naked. I’ll steer. 8. It’s not the lines a skater forms on a frozen New Hampshire pond, but the skates she tossed into the garbage. My friend, take my hand. I’m here with you. I’ll not let you stay alone. 9. Sangria – kiss me again and again. After Zocalo and Sangria, my lips and mouth are fervent and tingle with sweet-tasting exhaustion. 10. Not the ending but the start; I want to be with you every day of this life and then afterwards, forever and ever. I love you. the end