i stay

i stay,

like a heart beating
to a majestic rhythm
heard within the hollows
of my own mind,

like a script written
to a most perfect
moving picture,

pure imagination,

i stay.

i stay
in something
so beautifully wrong,

out-of-control moments,
an oh-so-beautiful mess
held complete
and perfect,

because it's your smile
inside my smile,

eyes held unblinking,
amorous as last night's moon,
as ridiculously delicious
as anything
i ever dared
to imagine,
this life.

i stay.

and then you whisper
another invitation
to stay.

so i stay,

held raptured,
captivated even
beyond logic,
beyond reasoning,
beyond the quiet
still voice
of Jiminy Cricket
conscience,

held at bay
for just another moment,

i stay.

and stay i will

until this beautiful mess
of Beach Blanket Babylon
unravels back into
a sanity
i wish to be
forever away from,

i stay.

i stay for me.
i stay for you.
i stay for us.

i stay
for just one more
delicious taste
of the insanely
inspired wine
of this sweet nectar,

i stay.

i stay.

Àṣẹ.

sk

~ PoetSK™