say when

he looks down at me and lifts my chin with his finger.

my eyes rest lowly on the ground.

in dark moments of deep despair, i have wished for this moment.

to meet him face to face.

for my questions have singed the facets of my soul

and yet,

here he is.

at night laying down i look up at the stars.

i ask him for the impossible,

hoping for a shooting star.

i cast wishes upon their tails.

when tears fall from red and green eyes,

i call him to take me home.

my arms shoot up from my body

reaching for what i can only feel.

he moves his eyes to meet with mine.

a perfect calm moves through my cavity.

a flicker through his expression;
i think i've had enough,

he says, "say when".