The flowers never look as beautiful. Nor the birds sing as sweet. [POEM]

I can never just sit down and write a love poem

I have to wait for the perfect moment, when the mood hits and the light shines through the window just right-

I can never write poems on purpose.

Maybe that's because I'm more fond of thinking of my body as a river,

As a mountain or garden

As a structure I can impact but not control,

Something to live in.

I miss your body

Your structure, your frame

Sometimes I wish every, cat, bird, and flower, didn't make me think of you.

You, and your existence so far away

We do so many complicated rituals to see each other

I would do a million more-- I will.

I feel like I could have known you forever, I've known you for such a small amount of time

And you don't know this, but two years ago, you said we, "Don't really know each other",

And I took that as a challenge.

Love is too intangible a thing to refer to what we have

Let's call it what it is: Closeness

Closeness a thousand miles away.

I wish you were here,

And I wish I was there

I can't imagine ever leaving Texas, except when I imagine myself next to you.

I want to be your shadow, as long as you let me

I want to be your reflection, your mirror

So close there's no 'loves' just 'and'.

Adam, 2025

(Love poem for my 1 year anniversary with my lovely partner <3)