Once Upon a Time

There was us.

And there still is.

Does it get any better than that?

Oh, those green, green eyes of yours

The salt of me dissolves in them like the sea.

The leaves of them grace my limbs with their breeze.

Emeralds falter

jade and tourmalines

alter

my course not a hair

when my soul 

is laid bare

in their grass-glinting sight.

Vines, sage, and tea

mantis eyes

clover leaves

the darting gleams of winged orchid bees

honeydew

mint

time-writ verdigris ...

what power have those

next to thee?

Ah, how I drown in your ocean.