Auburn Smile

Orange and blue flames indicated

my entry into your atmosphere.

Clouds caught fire as I fell,

yet I showed no fear.

Blue and green oceans

shimmered crystal clear.

Golden retrievers flickered silver

as they patrolled and chased deer.

Feet to earth, each step weighed its worth.

Sword drawn, in case any skeletons

decided to step forth.

Palm pressed to the stones of

your castle walls, the vanguards

saw my eyes and felt my cause.

The doors parted, allowing my journey

to come to an end from whence it started.

Face to face, my heart surrendered the world and offered its depths,

heights, lefts, rights and all of the above.

An auburn smile was returned,

in the simple form of love.

Falling for you felt as natural

as the leaves in autumn.

Sinking with speed, my toes

touched the sands of your

heart’s ocean bottom.

Using both feet, I was able to

plant love where it has been long forgotten.

Waited a moment, then swam

to the surface just in time

for it to blossom.

I’m addicted to the way

Atlantic seashells dangle

around your neck.

I love the way you walk

around barefoot on the splintered deck.

You have power & I have the proof.

You’re the best part of a vacation.

You’re the beer equipped

beach chair on the roof.

I get lost inside of your

sugar-free complexion.

Your gluten free diet

& diabetic injections.

I fell in love with the way

you order your coffee,

along with your steeped hatred for plastics.

I’m addicted to how you make me

feel intergalactic.

You’re an auburn super model,

scuttling my gluttonous

destroyers attempting to flank

love’s hind-headquarters.

Weakened from heartbreak,

my supply lines fell to the

mercy of your flak guns.

Without extraction,

I parachuted blind

into the center of

a nuclear reaction.

Falling prisoner

to the law of

gravitational

attraction.