I Have it all Here in My Heart

(For Stefan)

It is not in the way your smile warms
me-- the sweetness alone could lighten
even the darkest of days.

It is not the sincerity of your fingers
as they caress my skin--an explosion of
emotions sending love along the curve
of my spine.

I could never get close enough.

It is more in the way that Autumn has
arrived--the colors reflecting two souls
that blend together perfectly,...

... the sound of your beating heart against
mine, as beautiful as one hand inside
another.

There is no place I would rather be.

-Cher
*First draft
10/14/2008