For Mariko
This inconsolable distance
Between our lips
Separated by unfamiliar cities
And impassable seas;
This insatiable wonder for the unknown
That grows every day in morbid anticipation
Of the smell of your newly washed hair at sunrise
And the taste of your sweat in a tropical afternoon
Submerging my heart in a nocturnal desire
Of endless longing for the unbearable beauty
Of your body and soul
I dreamed of wild planes flying over my chest
Landing in my palms
Then the weight of your laughter
Crossing the convergence
Between the moist summer of May
And the wet rain of December
And your naked feet landing in the shores of my dreams
Quietly treading the terrain of my desires
And we like leopards in the grasslands,
Bare our fangs hunting for each other’s necks
Teetering, staggering in a sea of furious fire
And upon reaching a sudden end,
I open my eyes, as you close yours
And the thread of delirious enchantment
That binds us snaps
And I am wide awake,
Staring at the archipelago
Of my loneliness