You

It is you I swim to
in these moments
when darkness
threatens and
the pulse of blood
through my veins
is an escalating roar
like the vertiginous
waterfall I am swept
toward

You I swim to when
intellect leaves and
I am again just
a frightened child
in a world gone
gone gone away
leaving me alone in
its crashing silence

It is you I swim to
because God is good
and the universe is a
budding yellow rose
waiting to release its
fragrance upon us
and the gifts of life
are numerous and
endless

Yes, it is you I swim to
because loving you
is the best of me and
your love is the
water and the sun
the moon the stars
and all the planets in
between as I raise
my face I raise my
arms to the soaring
sky and say again
and yet again
Thank you