Element(s)

I found you
in the darkness 
of the night
as the clock ticks
in the quietness
of my mind
where my thoughts 
are the very loudest
I found you
in the depths 
of our words
each letter knowing
every syllable falling
finding comfort
in the sweet silence 
between the periods
catching our breath
at the commas
and holding on
through the parentheses
I found you
in the ink
of my pen
that scatters across
this blank canvas
I found you
in the element(s)
that trickle through my veins
and into my heart

Through space and time

time finds me
floating through
the echos 
of that summer night
tick
tock
tick 
tock
there you are
with stardust
in your eyes
and poetry seeping
from your fingertips
the words flow
one by one
speaking a language
of the universe
the one
only I can hear

and my soul
is stitched 
to the silent abyss
of this space
where I will
wait for you
forever