Breathless

I am running; whooshing sounds 

In the wind rushing through my 

Lungs. Or is it my hair, in a rapid

Cascade down blue rivers? 

I do not know. I only know that 

I am running to you; to be 

Engulfed in your embrace; 

To have the air sucked out 

Of my soul through my lips 

To merge with yours. I am 

Holding out my frail arms to 

You, my beloved! Long have I 

Wandered in the wilds in search 

Of you! I see you now, my Love, 

Bathed in glorious serenity, like 

A lotus in a lake of luminous tears! 

But, lo! The closer I swim to you, my Love, 

Farther away in the waves you float! 

My eyes grow dim in the dazzling light, 

And my breath chokes up in my throat.