Your Birthday

Sand Kisses photo by Viviana Guzman

 

It was a brisk bright spring day

as we headed for a quiet spot near our ocean,

surrounded by mustard, 

you crunched your chips

and I devoured my lettuce.

After satisfying the hunger,

I made my nest next to you

and curled up under the warm sun

with you as my blanket of protection.

Your infinite eyes were eager to move

so we continued to the natural bridges

where the butterflies danced in the wind.

 We swirled through the spellbinding forests,

darted across mountain tops,

with the wind in our faces, smiling, dreaming,

frolicking through exceptional vistas.

It was our day…

Your day…

then again,

every day

is an enchanting day…

as long as it is a day

that includes

y  o  u 

 

by Viviana Guzman

Crisscrossed

"Full Moon in Venice" photography by Viviana

Black tears stream down my face
as I type these words of longing,

the glow of your smile
permeates my every cell.

As I look into the distance
for your fading image,

I wonder, how could we have
missed each other?

Like two owls
passing in the night,
the longing was mutual

but at different times,

what irony, what sorrow,
what bittersweet pain.

Thoughts of you are un-erase-able,
the longing, impenetrable.

We both stand inexplicably
drawn to each other,

thirsting for the other,
and then turn and walk

the separate path…

-From “Love Soliloquies” by Viviana Guzman