guise...

i know no way to say i love you simply.
vast words of intoxicated vocabulary rush expeditiously
with centrifugal force through my lips that are poised to silence you
with a kiss.
perhaps i need to rest a while
and sift my thoughts like sand
so as to catch the words and phrases that i pour on you
like melted wax,
as if you understand them.
i do not know what it is that complicates me.
i only know the smell of rain on asphalt hurls my memory in your
direction
and that i cannot sleep unless we touch.
perhaps the languor of my language will immortalize you.
as i push and pull
apart the dictionary 
my heart carries in its pocket
for moments like this
when the sound of your steady breathing settles my soul.
i know no way to say i love you simply,
save the way my eyelashes brush your cheek
when you're asleep...