This is
why,
when,
and how
i love you.

i know it,
think it,
and am two at once.

beloved thought,
beloved desire:
to cherish
the waiting
for your image
cast on a wall
in my mind.

let it stay there,
while we all sit down,
popcorn aside,
starry-eyed,
as seconds and minutes and hours
go by watching you in awe.

for there is no purer pleasure
left to me now
than the sheer contemplation
of your breathtaking smile.