Without Saying: The Song

This poem originally came from a Writers.com workshop where the prompt was "Describe BIG without saying BIG or LARGE, etc" I thought immediately of the biggest thing I knew. The biggest feeling I knew and I suddenly realized it went Without Saying that it was her. I hope you enjoy this song...

Verse 1

I saw you.

Time stopped.

In a small airport

you smiled,

grabbed me for a hug

that lasted all

the months past

we'd waited

for this one

meeting.

Verse 2

You smiled

and the airport

sounds all died

away into the

suitcase of

my mind

reserved just

for that type

of din.

Verse 3

I cried a river

as you welcomed

me in that

beautiful accent

I'd come to

know on video

chats that lasted

only 40 minutes

then lasted all week

afterwards.

Chorus

I finally could

smell your hair

the world and

my senses

exploded into

volumes of words

I had to hold

tightly inside

due to lack

of pen and paper.

Verse 4

We rode the ferry

across the Bosporus

while seagulls swooped

in for simits

to nibble on.

The air was salty

and so were my

tears that I

couldn't control.

It was a long ride

across the sea

to the apartment

where you lived

day to day

6000 miles away

from where I wrote,

the place all

my poems

began and ended

with you.

Chorus 2

We laughed,

as you coerced me

to drink coffee,

but each time I did

my reward was a kiss.

Coffee for kisses

not such a bad deal,

even if coffee

taste like overcrowded

ashtrays.

Verse 5

When we exchanged gifts

your children's smiles

spanned a panhandle.

radio controlled

race cards and flying

boomerangs invaded

the living room.

dresses were modeled

as more family

my new family

arrived in droves

I could hardly

understand a word

but everything was

quite clear.

Love was everywhere

and beyond.

I never loved

this much before

and since,

that 30 days when

you were all mine.

________________________

Song in voice:

Thanks for listening! - Sam

I saw you. Time stopped. In a small airport you smiled, grabbed me for a hug that lasted all the months past we'd waited for this one meeting. You smiled and the airport sounds all died away into the suitcase of my mind reserved just for that type of din. I cried a river as you welcomed me in that beautiful accent I'd come to know on video chats that lasted only 40 minutes then lasted all week afterwards. I finally could smell your hair the world and my senses exploded into volumes of words I had to hold tightly inside due to lack of pen and paper. We rode the ferry across the Bosporus while seagulls swooped in for simits to nibble on. The air was salty and so were my tears that I couldn't control. It was a long ride across the sea to the apartment where you lived day to day 6000 miles away from where I wrote, the place all my poems began and ended with you. We laughed, as you coerced me to drink coffee, but each time I did my reward was a kiss. Coffee for kisses not such a bad deal, even if coffee taste like overcrowded ashtrays. When we exchanged gifts your children's smiles spanned a panhandle. radio controlled race cards and flying boomerangs invaded your living room. dresses were modeled as more family, my new family arrived in droves I could hardly understand a word but everything was quite clear. Love was everywhere and beyond. I never loved this much before and since, that 30 days when you were all mine.