Beautiful White Dove

I have never danced with you

Or embraced you during one

I have never moved close to you

Beneath a starlit midnight

I have never made love to you

Beside warm glowing candlelight

Seeing you in my mind

Constantly

I become a child

And bitter at my lips

Feeling you pound at my heart

Making my temperature rise

I have never known you

Or invited you to meet my grandparents

I have never cooked a gourmet dinner for you

Or gone with you to the theatre

I have never brought you flowers

Or received flowers from you

Feeling your heartbeat

Next to mine

As I sleep through the night

Quietly

All I can do is dream

Dream of you

The dreams I forget

At first daylight

I have never held your hand

Or tightly hugged you to soothe

I have never eaten dessert with you

Or smile in the photobooth

I have never felt so close

Or distant in an imaginary land

Smelling your scent

On your skin and in my memory

You drive me wild

And make me believe

In things I only dreamed of

I have never painted your portrait

With wonderful colors

I have never washed your hair

In the steamy shower

I have never seen the sunset with you

Under orange and red skies

Hearing your voice

Vibrate in my head

Making my joy rise

And wanting myself to get up

Each and every day

I have never walked through the leaves with you

Or lay beside a fireplace

I have never phoned late at night to talk with you

Or film our holiday

I have never sat beneath the 4th of July fireworks with you

Or glide a romantic rose on your body

Touching your skin

Your lips and eyelashes

Nose to nose

I’ll never forget

How soft you are

And this is why you are mine

My beautiful white dove

© 1998 David Greg Harth

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