Your name

A poem for poetry pantry

Your name

I cling to the sound
of the syllables in your name
I call them out loud into the woods
listen for the echo of your being

I pause when the wind
whispers your name
into silvery chimes
till it presents a poem

When tracing your name
in soft sand, I think of
your touch, a soothing vibration,
gently growing in crescendo

Your name a signature
of love, placed upon my heart
igniting a fire inside, burning
wild wood till silence lingers

Oh how I love the bliss of your kiss
love the smile etched in your eyes
I carve your name into the moon,
let it shine into an ocean of emotion

This night, before I can say
your name, the sky gets decorated 
with a thousand shining stars
when you take me in your arms