For J.W.

(ok, before I paste this poem I want to make it known that this was written a long time BEFORE anything else I've posted with "J.W." in the title... lol)

I can't wipe the smile from my face
The sweetness lingers on my lips
The tingle in my skin resides
With each touch, each tender kiss

You've infected me
With something akin to love
But more passionate, more heady
Than anything I could dream of

I smile in my sleep when I see your face,
When I can smell your cologne
I know somehow that you are close
That I'll never be alone

It's comforting, this feeling
Something I've not felt before
Your poetry, I read again and again...
I love the way you call me your "amour"

You're so sweet to me
I've never had that to hold
I love you, wish you were here with me
Until the day we grow old

We used to joke around
That we had loved before
Switching places, switching faces...
You always made me laugh more

Than anyone I have known
You've made me feel safe
When I touch my hand to my heart
I drift off to our place

Even though we don't talk as often as we did
And I feel farther away each moment you're not here
I wanted you to know that I still love you
That I still hold you dear

I can't wait for the day we meet
In my head, I envision myself jumping for joy
Kissing you without even a word
Not even a thought to what it may employ

Usually I am afraid
Somewhat cautious who I let in
But with you
I know I can trust again

Normally I am shy
I don't put myself out there like I do
I don't do "absolutely nothing"....
Anymore without thinking about you

I imagine one day we'll be together
I know it, because I'm hell bent on not letting you slip away
Until then, I'll remember what you said to me...
"Two lovers have never shared a day"

That touched my heart when you said that
It went in my mind and stayed there for a while
Curled up nestled comfortably
I really do love your style

Even as I write this,
I think of you and wish
That you were here and I could hold you
That we could share this bliss

You know I put your letters
Beneath my pillow at night
Hoping that I can be with you
While I sleep with your face in my sight

I still wear your necklace
That you sent to me
I guess it makes me feel as if
You're closer than you have to be

To make me feel as if you love me
To remember what it was like
To talk to you each day
And make love to you, strange enough, every night

It's odd how this all comes out
Spontaneous, yet in prose
I love you, Jeff, and want to tell you
Before this comes to close

That you're on my mind again
As you always are
And that I'm thinking of you
Each day that we're apart

So to you, my love I send
With a simple wish
That you will come and reassure me
That's you're never far to miss

And to you, my love I send
With a blessing sure to see
Sent to you with a kiss
And with this,
Blessed Be.