I wanted to write you a love letter

All the letters in the world—infinite Scrabble

blocks begging to be arranged into poetry. Still, I fall mute—

cannot claw my way out of igneous overwhelm to

distil the lustrous

essence of a glinting tiger’s eye: the enigma of you.

Forgive me, my love—I wished to

give you more than this.

Here—in the meantime, take this

instead:

joy to bring the sweetness of summer’s first cherries to your days;

kisses to add lashings of hot Sriracha to your nights.

Love, love and even

more love. Sprinkle on that parmesan of love. Too much will

never be enough.

Oh, my darling—let me love you to life:

profusely and passionately, without

question or qualm.

Reach into my constellations—hidden galaxies I keep

secret, safe, shatter-proof inside my

triple-bolted heart. I will show you a

universe

vibrant as a new dawn, fresh

with the promise of possibility.

xoxo

Yours always, from here to eternity, from A to

Z