i saw you float by -
shimmering,
iridescent.
light played off you
swirling,
oscillating.
i was mesmerized
by your radiant colors.
you seemed to be knitted
with fine strands of silk
and specks of colored glass.
you were a cloud of light.
you were a glittering mist.
i watched you shudder,
now and then,
as stiff breezes came,
but you were steadfast,
not diverted
from your course.

my insides were churning,
quaking
as you glided by.
my sphere was drawn to you
by the gravity of your presence.
i yearned to be near you
and to feel your surface brush -
for just a moment -
against mine.
but i was ashamed
of my own shell -
haphazardly gummed together
with a slick coating of tears,
wearing thin in patches.
slowly i was fading
into oblivion,
tossed violently
by the softest of drafts.
no one noticed...
except you.

then the cross winds of life
brought us together.
we melted into one another,
your hues tinting my life,
my tears watering your soul.
it was dynamic -
ceasing to be two,
merging into one.
i now watch the sunlight
glinting off of us
from within.
our love surrounds us
like a stained glass window made of air.
the colors are barely perceptible,
but throbbing with unearthly intensity,
as we float
now
gently along
together.

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