PYRAMID PHYSICS

Oh! To be loved by you
To be held in hands of beauty
with the confidence of birds in mid-flight
Certain of this wing, my heart
Swoops and soars
Singing songs of you
Banquet of love
I feast myself on you
Your scent sweet as apples:
Heady succulance
Exhaulting in simply skipping - holding hands…
Dreams of together sharing
early morning laughter
And mid-life sighs
I settle into your late might breathing
You soothe my birthing cries
Yet we are mortal
…imprints upon sand…
Let us become a pyramid
You and I
A transcendant symphony
An eternal song of harmony
As candle light sparkles in your twilight autumn eyes
My heart cries out
Much to my dismay
This heart barricaded by scars
Destroyed by lies
Lies
Lies
This heart cries out
Oh! If only to be loved by you!

Cathleen Schandelmeier (Bartels)
Recited at Brian & Melina's wedding, July, 2001