i want to fall in love with you....

i want to fall in love with you.
i want to tumble,
fall - head over heels
with a BIG splash,
diving under, flowing up through you.
i want to fall in love with you.
i want to feel the fall,
feel my breath leave me and come back with a whoosh.
i want to feel the dizzy light headedness that comes whenever
your lips touch mine.
i want to fall in love with you…
over and over,
waking up each morning and finding you there
and wondering how did i ever get so lucky.
i want that crazy, silly feeling of walking on air,
and dancing on sunlight, and laughing in the rain,
and i want it only with you.
i know, the sensible side says i should be reasonable,
i should take time, i should be sure, and i should be wise and cautious,
because between the two of us we have so many heartbreaks,
and nothing is ever as simple as it seems…
but
i don’t want to be reasonable,
i don’t want to be sensible,
i don’t want to be cautious because
maybe you will evaporate like the mist in the morning sun
and maybe a reason will find you that will take you away from here.
and maybe…
and maybe…
i know i have now, and here, and us, in this moment,
and so against “good” advice
i will fall, if you will let me, and i will hold on until you let me go.

dahlia holmes-scurry
December 28, 2004 10:30 p.m.