And So, I Fell

and so, i fell
with reckless abandon to catch me
when i reached the bottom of the cavern
that great adventure
this strange journey which alleges
that love makes fools of men
and blinds the prophets as they sleep.

      if this be madness,
         consider me a captive to insanity.

i saw the horizon
and wondered if, somewhere along the journey
there could be a you and me
as though my hand was designed
for yours to fit in it
and your fingers were crafted
to interweave with mine, my lover.

      as though we were fashioned
             from the same block of clay.

logic dictates that if
one broken heart meets a mender
and one lonely creature meets the
key which fits their lock, then this is
               destiny
wrapped inside a gilded package
and tied tight with a knot which can't be broken.

      can't be severed by the
              tools of men and idle hands.

and if in this equation
one and one were meant to equal two,
then there must be a sea which parts
and must be a bridge to cross which leads
me right to your doorstep
where i belong. where i've always belonged.
where i always will belong.

      my pulse found its cadence
           when it listened to the drumbeat set by you.

some may say that the sands
erode when we least expect it
blown away by callous gods
who never knew what completion felt like
even on the seventh day when they rested
and declared all things good.

       they never were the kind
                 to find perfection in anything other than bloody tears.

and some may say that
one can be subtracted from two
and one can be divided until a
fraction of its former self remains,
but i never was the kind to listen to
the idle logic of jealous lips
and stubborn minds.

       open the gates
               and let possibility roam free.

i will tell you secrets
and whisper stories in your ear of
two people who grew old
and discovered the secret of life
inside their intertwined fingers
as the ghost of life departed
and they ascended to life everlasting.

        their souls immortal
               now, the echoes of their existence
                     form ripples on a pond which seem to

                crash

        into me and you.

i will hold you in my arms
and remember your name
even when i forget my own
and remember your smile
even when my vision fades.
and i will glory in the fact that i knew
the one perfect person who taught
me how to stand upright.

      and i will cradle you like a child
         inside the hollow of my heart
            until the world forgets
                where my soul ends and
    where yours begins, my lover.

and i will die a happy woman
         because of you.