A Piece of Forever

A distant smile in a close forest, an omen of my future dressed in the color of white,
a porcelain goddess with soft colors bloom, the imprint of her arrival, like a raven at midnight.

Beauty never before seen, yet felt across the miles,
words filled with emotion, tales of love with lucid smiles.

Our conversation unleashed sparks that would travel through time,
a kindred spirit that filled not only my heart, but our sublime minds.

Time stood still, though minutes raced forward,
an enchantment without touch or other senses, only words.

A perfect piece of forever held in my simple, finite hands, with no ability to rearrange,
alone with a princess in a room filled with others who gaze upon the blissful exchange.

Promises and a bond chained me from her that day,
and when she left, a piece of me she took away.

This contact seemed to be only mine as months unraveled from the days,
her first time leaving caused the earth to shake and set emotions ablaze.

Appearing years later, as an angel from another dimension,
she would burst upon the scene in glory too wondrous to mention.

Yet, that time we shared still had strings attached to others in that blessed reunion,
but it was just as sweet to taste as the wine and wafer of holy communion.

Then, in an instant, she was gone and so was I,
my ties were severed and to this world I turned a blind eye.

For years I did wait, as she burned brightly in the night,
neither aware the other survived, alone in the dark without the light

Then in raw, unprotected bliss I saw her in the crowd,
brown eyes turned blue, and unvarnished beauty that cried in silence aloud.

A sighting in the heavens, a glitch in the matrix,
Was it vain imaginations or my eyes that played tricks?

The treasure I valued secretly was there all along not needing to be bought,
so with patience and time her love I sought.

A kindled fire from ashes began to arise among warm embers of cold,
a decade of silence amid whispers of desire untold.

Quiet confessions in the dark, luscious kisses in the light,
the flame of love's kiss brought life's breath alive and bright.

Enraptured dreams skilled in the day, lustful thoughts consumed in the night,
following you to where the stars go blue, letting fanciful, fairy tale dreams take flight.

A lullaby sang with a lover's tongue,
her siren call to me was sung.

I'm branded now as hers for the infinite line of time,
and my heart is full of immaculate love to know that she is forever mine.