Will you encapsulate my heart?

Will you know me like a caterpillar knows its cocoon

Like the butterfly knows the wind?

I cherish you like a summer cherry

I taste you in my mouth like salty water

Close to your warm body I press my own

Dreaming of warm fires

Cold stones

And winter snow

I dream of green spring grass

As the summer breeze soothes my sore muscles

Light dancing on the leaves of nature’s song

Luring me into a daze of pineapples and papayas

Sprinkled with lime

And the salt lingers

On my sunny face

I lick my lips and smile

Into the icy blue eyes of my lover