Icarus

    Love Letter

    2006

    When I think of our love
    I think of feathers and butterflies –
    our secret ways of flight
    Our love lifts us when we are down
    and takes us soaring when we are up

    Our love is the magic
    that makes the ordinary things in life
    extraordinary
    not because it is a fantasy
    but because it is a way of seeing
    the world anew
    Our love enchants the mundane
    and makes the impossible
    seem possible

    Our love is a long stretch of beach
    with the ocean lapping at our feet
    Our love is the footprints
    we make together in the sand
    and the treasure of shells
    we pick up as memories

    Our love is the most romantic kind -
    with poetry and flowers
    with gentle kisses under the stars
    and dancing in the rain
    Our love is the lasting kind -
    with deep roots and resilience
    with slow growth and patience
    Our love is the burning kind -
    with fiery passion and sparks
    with glowing embers and heat

    Our love is built on a rock of friendship,
    with walls that are sturdy
    and windows that face the sky
    Together we wish on the stars
    and soak up the sun
    together we dance on the moon
    and ride beams of light

    Our love pulses with a rhythm
    so exhilarating
    it is indistinguishable
    from our heartbeat

    There is no limit
    to the songs our love can sing
    nor the harmonies our love echoes
    Our love resonates
    with everything we know
    to be soulful

    Our love is truth
    our love is beauty
    our love is freedom

    All these things and more I know -
    without a shadow of doubt -
    because I am in love
    and the one I love
    is you

    — Wayne Visser