I grew weary

Of fishing in

A trout pond

Assured of catching

Trout with little

Lure I dreamed

Of fly fishing

Me one with

The river knee

Deep wading into

Treacherous icy cold

Currents and silently

Dropping a fly

Over head one

With the canyon

Never certain that

I’d get nibbles

Until up you

Lunged a shimmering

Rainbow snatching my

Hook struggle we

Did until at

Long last you

Were beside me

Unhooking you I

Did throwing you

Back to swim

And yet you

Stayed beside me

Still free to

Choose either me

Or the river

I have always

Wanted to find

Someone like you

Studied tea leaves

Peered into crystal

Balls knowing that

Somewhere in the

Vast Universe that

You were there

I gazed into

The night sky

Wondering how I

Would reach you

Then

A tiny tap

Upon my shoulder

Like a snowflake

Turned me and

There you were

Sent through the

Eons but you

Were always here

Having been my

Shadow ever since

I remembered shadows

Yes love is

Just as close

As just that

It’s easy to

Write about you

Because when I

See things I

Think about you

It’s easy to

Hold you because

Every time I

Do I feel

Held by something

As big as

Time it’s easy

To love you

Because loving you

Is like taking

Long deep breaths

Of fresh air

Here next to

Me lays a

Plank of ebony

Sanded smooth with

Knots of knowing

And age dark

And rich slightly

Bitter like a

Cup of black

Coffee deep as

The moonless night

Except for two

Twinkling eye stars

Drawing me deeper

Into your universe

There is a

Silence in knowing

You like a

An early Autumn

Day in a

Deep forest you

Snuck up on

Me like a

Wind shaking leaves

Sending them into

Flight your silence

Catching me in

Arms of crispness

Landing atop me

And laying that

First kiss of

Winter snow delicately

On my lips