My Fantasy

I would have to drink up the entire ocean Just to get close to you But then, I would be as large As all the earths surface Worse, I would slosh when I walked Making you sea sick And you would have to keep moving Farther and farther away To avoid becoming ill- I guess I won't drink up the ocean. I would breathe in all the air In the whole sky above Just to get nearer you But then, I would be as expanded As all of the atmosphere Gaseous and free floating And you would have to wear a parachute And gas mask too Just to hang there long enough to talk In the airless vacuum that remained- I guess I won't breathe in all the air. I would cross all of space Just for a moment to be beside you To see again your glowing face And feel the warmth of that large heart And so, I have decided that I will become a meteor Charging fearlessly around the universe Spinning, gyrating through the spacious spaces And I won't be too large or encompassing To make you afraid to come near And I will come with a rhythm, as do the seasons So you always will know the time of my approach And the time of my leaving. I will always leave, but then return again: And if you wanted, You could become a satellite, too- And you could blink mechanically, at me As I whooshed by in the close darkness.