written by Marini Barika Facey
Others run by,
but we gaze at an abandoned place.
You are curious.
I am intrigued.
We hesitantly step inside,
and that which is condemned, suddenly bursts with life!
We cautiously walk around; we are brave!
We seem to make an abandoned space,
awaken like the dawn.
I see your eyes yearn for me and I am undone,
because they are as beautiful as the bluest sky,
and radiant like the rising sun!
There are no clouds in sight when I look in your eyes!
I shake any doubts out of you just by listening...
You make the rain cease in me just by existing!
Our wonder makes this forsaken home
transform into its original state...
Our fascinated souls make rubble and debris
look radiant and new again.
We wait...
We hide and seek;
What we find is tangible every time we meet.
We create a space that captures-
time in its hands like a butterfly!
We breathe and time moves to our rhythm!
Your touch is music; it serenades me!
We enter the gate of the unknown; we are brave!
We seek...
You explore.
I peek.
We discover that memories are made in the unknown!
Others walk by,
but under this forgotten shelter we linger...
Your hand gently brushes against me.
Your fingers intertwine with mine!
Your hand gently brushes across my face.
You are where I want to be...
There is no longer an abandoned, condemned place,
just our souls!
We capture moments as if they were lightning bugs...
...like fire in a lantern!