Without Saying...

In class today the prompt was Describe BIG without saying BIG or LARGE, etc. It didn't take long for words to flow into the biggest thing I know.

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I saw you.

Time stopped

In a small airport.

You smiled.

Grabbed me for a hug

that lasted all

the months past

we'd waited

for this one

meeting.

You smiled

and the airport

sounds all died

away into the

suitcase of

my mind,

reserved just

for that type

of din.

I cried a river

as you welcomed

me in that

beautiful accent

I'd come to

know on video

chats that lasted

only 40 minutes,

then lasted all week

afterwards.

I finally could

smell your hair

the world and

my senses

exploded into

volumes of words

I had to hold

tightly inside

due to lack

of pen and paper.

We rode the Ferry

across the Bosporus

while the

seagulls swooped

in for simits

to nibble on.

The air was salty

and so were my

tears that I

couldn't control.

It was a long ride

across the sea

to the apartment

where you lived

day to day

6000 miles away

from where I wrote,

the place all

my poems

began and ended

with you.

We laughed

as you coerced me

to drink coffee

but each time I did

my reward was a kiss.

Coffee for kisses,

not such a bad deal

even if coffee does

taste like overcrowded

ashtrays.

When we exchanged gifts

your children's smiles

spanned a panhandle.

Radio controlled

race cars and flying

boomerangs invaded

the living room.

Dresses were modeled

as more family,

my new family,

arrived in droves.

I could hardly

understand a word

but everything was

quite clear.

Love was everywhere

and beyond.

I never loved

this much before

and since,

that 30 days when

you were all mine.

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Thanks for reading! - Sam