Promises and Dreams

When I first saw you the cacoon of my heart opened with butterfly wings you were life's fragrant nectar of blooming blossoms that attracted as I floated above Earth on first love's winds a newborn creature that had left the dried husk of yesterday on the dead limb of childhood you were the first and most delicate of my desires of untapped realms filled with promises and dreams yours were the eyes that gave me my introduction to the intoxication of passionate purpose with its wild yearning of natural bonding that gave me pause and the illusion it meant something maybe...to learn and understand the depth and breadth of love in the human heart maybe...to understand how fleeting it all is no matter how strong the emotion or how fluid the time or how sweet the nectar now a memory kept of a time and place when love was young and full of wonder and every thought was plucked from the gardens of sprouting passion of unknown journeys by untested love yes...you were the first and most delicate of my desires of untapped realms filled with promises and dreams 8/4/19