Close to you
I move a fingertip, I breathe, I blink,
And I communicate a thought to you.
Where others speak and listen , we but think,
And all my dearest longings thus are brought to you.
There is within me something separate,
Sits back to wonder, only dumb at this.
Never dreaming of such mindless beauty.
Barely tapped by thought,
The fathomless wells of love.
Time, walking gently, clings to us,
All the soft spoken, kiss-token evening.
All the hands of comfort clasp,
Touch our gazing senses.
We love without pretense
Our separate each others.
You lose identity within my love:
The beauty of your body holds me still.
We are so near that we absorb our selves.
And every movement is a speech to me;
Of lips, hands, eyes. Of all.
All saying one to one
Love is, and we are whole.

Laura Taylor
Fri 27th Feb 2026 11:13
Oh I love this Freda, what a beautiful ode to love.
This is stand-out: All the soft spoken, kiss-token evening.
I have love like this, and am brimful of gratitude every day that I wake up next to him.