I wanted to tell you I love you within the first days. I didn't, holding back, afraid to rip the delicate tissue of our still merging filaments. Each night as the elixir of your voice-- sweet as harvest wine--filled me up I wanted to overflow into your arms, into the softness of the space you held just for me. I ached to have you, all of you, within me, around me; to welcome you to find home within the landscape of my body. Torrid words rise within me, endearments still moist from the wants of my impatient lips. Still I wait as an us slowly unfurls, a transmutation so precious, I want to to cherish each subtle shift; each sighing moment.