Happy 17th Love Poem by Leslie Alexis

To hold you in my arms
became a dream
held within a seed
planted in my skin
the day your radiance
fell into my eyes,
and from that very moment
I could not deny
that you were the one.


The days 'til I saw you
again, were spent in a daze
for I was afraid clarity
might erase from memory
what must have been a mirage
- something light and longing staged-
so I kept my eyelids glued;
then I saw you, and you were true...
and my heart, having been struck twice
by your lightning, succumbed,
and stopped on a high - until revived
by your electric voice,
which by way of my wanting ear,
shook that my body trembled;
Not from fear, but fervor
and familiarity. I knew you.
My happy heart shouting 'Love! '
caused the rest of me to be brave
and clarity cleared the way
that today living with you
I know you'll forever be my one.

Copyright © 2011 Leslie Alexis