The trees

Beloved,
I cannot tell you in words how much you mean to me. I will liken the love you give to the shade of the tree I sat beneath this morning. The shade calmed my nervous beating heart. The cool, refreshing shadows eased my tense, sweaty brow. I cannot articulate the feeling in words. I wish you too could sit beneath the shade of your love to know how relaxing and revitalizing it is. Perhaps my love is as refreshing for you. That I cannot know. What I do know is that the shade now is like an oasis amidst a barren desert. I have wandered far and long in the desert of my mind. I have seen mirages and glimpses of happiness. I know that when I finally surrendered to the emptiness that I was able to see the oasis that was me and then you and me.

Your love,
David