A Love Letter II

I WANT TO . ..

Dearest Darling,

I think of you and your sweet gaze,

your lovely smile, your passionate kisses,

and I am for a moment in space

transported to a blissful time

where beauty reigns

and our heartbeats fill the crystal air

with the joyous bliss that we radiate

when we are together.

You are ever in mind

since the day I first kissed you.

I see the world in a new way,

as if by knowing that you too

share the air and the light

of the same day,

wherever you may be –

as if this somehow makes it better –

and it is so because you,

beautiful Darling, are in it too.

The moments in your enchanting presence

have been all too brief,

as a day of sunshine seems too brief,

and even a lifetime not enough time

for all that we want to do and enjoy.

I imagine this letter is like a transcending spirit

and that the four sides that hold it aloft

form a selected place, outside of which

there is but another world.

Here, for a moment, dearest beautiful one,

since I am far from you at this hour,

do share my feeling.

I had to write to you

in place of being with you.

I have to speak, in place of hugging you.

I have to declare how much you mean to me

in place of the kiss I would so much rather

be placing on your lovely lips.

If I did not speak I swear the very hills

would begin to call out just how much I feel for you.

I send these words across the ether

in place of the flower I would much rather

be placing in your hand, or in your hair,

though the beauty of your eyes

makes all flowers seem lacking in grace.

Oh Darling. You are so beautiful.

It is but a thought outside the scope of this letter

that Destiny could lead you far away in time.

For now, oh precious now,

I want to imagine that yet in this lifetime

I will see you and kiss you at least one more time…

can a man be so blessed as to have

such a taste of heaven on earth

as I do when I am with you?

I thank God for the hour in which you came to me.

Your presence is a warm golden glow,

your embrace as fresh as a summer day.

You are already memorable

and cherished is each heartbeat

in which I can be with you.

Perhaps there is magic in the way you hold me

when I hold you, a charm in the way

you look into my spellbound eyes.

I feel such love operating within you

as I have felt all my life

only I was capable of giving unto others.

It is as though Divine Providence has said to me

that indeed there are kindred spirits on this earth

and that here in you there is one,

a very lovely one.

The miles between us are such a torture.

Oh, how I could hold you now!

Yet through this ancient device,

as you read and hear the passionate words

of my agonized soul,

perhaps God in His great mercy

will make you see just how I feel

and how your smile as you read

also bridges the distance between hearts;

Oh I want you to feel a warm glow

as my love reaches you then,

across time and space

For we are one in the spirit

as we share these thoughts.

Remember Love is eternal;

Remember Love knows no limits.

I send you my love.

Behold the dawning of a new day

Behold the outset of a new year,

Behold the start of a new century, and indeed,

A new millennium, dear Darling - breathe in

the dawning of the Age of Aquarius.

Aquarius, shine by me in the Age of Aquarius.

I think of your lovely hands touching me

when they entwine in mine. I so love

your melodic voice when you speak to me.

I think of your lovelit eyes and I have to smile.

Your gracious presence echoes in my dreams.

In my day, no matter what I do or where I am

I cannot make the vision of your beauty fade.

You enthrall my poetic soul

and I hope you linger for a while,

as maybe the hummingbird lingers for a moment

in her garden over a sweet flower.

You are also like the nightingale

whose song is lost when she feels caged.

So, rest assured I seek not such a vain pursuit--

for I would never want to lose your song--

Sing sweetly in my air if only for a moment.

I want to share the nectar of a very special love with you.

Thank you forever for being you.

I simply love you.

I want to stay here a bit longer, then;

Oh Darling let me see you once again

(and again, says something within me);

let me bask in that special light of yours

for a little more.

I am a longtime traveler of many miles

and I have seen sunset and sunrise

over a multitude of deserts and valleys.

In your presence I feel as they (and we)

who climb mountains feel when we reach

and stand atop the mountaintop;

when we celebrate the sensation

of cool breezes caressing our faces;

when our spirit feels lighter as we gaze

upon the vast open spaces

and we know that we are free,

as free as only the human heart can be

when it is at peace.

Our auras emanate drops of golden light.

And so, Precious One, treasure from above

though I am so far from you on this day,

and even if clouds intervene - or a lover -

and we spend a lifetime away from each other,

having once met you on this journey,

I send you my warmest love.

Vicente Reyes

January 4, 2001

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