She comes to me gently in a dream,
My faceless stranger,
Familiar to my heart... to my soul.

She watches me from a distance.
I wander through the bare trees of my past,
Surrounded by the fog of my future... so uncertain.

She moves closer to me as I stand in tears,
Her love reaching out to me.
I feel the comfort of her presence... her embrace.

She whispers softly against my ear,
My mind hears it as thunder.
Her voice needs no words... I understand.

She lifts me into her arms,
Carries me to the trees, close to the water's edge,
Kisses barely gracing my lips... I surrender.

She lays me down on the early morning frost,
Her touch lightly searching,
My body feels like lightning... I respond.

We make love until the sun tastes the mist,
Then she crawls inside my body like an unborn child,
I cocoon her... we are as one forever.

-L.C. 1998