le quattro stagioni

in spring, i
   want to make you
      smile like a pink
      peony in sunlight––a
      petalled cathedral for
      your butterfly
   soul.

in summer, i
   will ride your
      laughter upward like a
      dandelion puff above the
      dizzying ambiance of your
   hair.

fall will
   make you glitter
      like an aspen mountain––
      shimmering behind closed
      eyes & in the
   dark.

& in winter,
   long, shadowed winter––
      let me hibernate in your
      heart & warm your
      blood with every heart
   beat.