I Love You So And There Are Many Ways I Say So Poem by Seema Jayaraman

I love you so
And there are many ways
I say so
When I led you down the sandy beach
Just as the late night tide was receding
Having enveloped the shore all night
Under the pale silver of a crescent moonlight
We walked on the shore wet and tight
Dressing our footprints with ether
Sprinkles of bubbles spontaneous
Some I scooped on my lips as laughter
Bursting in the sea washed horizon
Some lingering effortlessly long after
Gay gulls riding loves heady jetstreams are gone
As our shadows mingled with the wet sand

I love you so
And there are many ways
I say so
When I dragged you back
To the high dunes
Above the raging tide enveloped shores
Into the cozy little dug out
Still warm with last night's embers
Pulling over the flimsy dark cloud wisps
Nuzzling the uncurling fingers of the slow dawn
I pored out some tawny Sherry
From the molten Amber of my eyes
And raised a toast as we set loose
Some drunk butterflies
Crazily skimming the high waves
To never return to the awakening land

I love you so
And there are many ways
I say so
I make these make-believe tales
Of passions tumultuous tidings
And in them I have you on center stage
An image of entwined souls
larger than my thoughts
Bound by my impossible words
Where all I say without saying so
Is you dwell deep in my belly
awake or asleep
And accompany me everywhere I go
The ummet of my heart
My indrawn breath
When I conjure your name
In mundane settings
A shadow ever so patient
Till we grab our picnic hats
And escape
To the sandy cove of my imagination.
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Gleefully
Seema Kj
Seema Jayaraman
27 June 2019