The seasons had barely changed but the heat still felt the same burning intensity day after day. You could literally taste the drought in the air and the ponds had run dry. The fish had buried themselves in the moist mud and the birds had flown off. The grass was a pale green near the river bank but had faded to a deep brown where it touched the sky in the distance.

I wondered how many times the Earth had experienced such famine and lack. I wondered how many fish had lost their lives due to the extreme conditions. I had questioned...

But there I was. Arms entangled and blood coursing through my veins. My life was plentiful. I was a garden of anxiety and love. I could hear your heart in the back of my head and I could feel your palms become clammy from lust and excitement.

The way your breath felt in the roots of my hair was different and weird. You felt like a new adventure, except you weren't. You were a newly blossomed lotus with good intentions and bright pigments. But you were the same lotus that bloomed annually.

You kissed my neck with such passion. You told me the sweet words. I could hear the shaking in your voice as you whispered into my ear. Ever so gently, you caressed my bare skin. You hadn't felt skin so soft. You hadn't loved this way and neither had I.

Had the fish or birds ever felt such mania for another being?

Had they felt such arousal outside of nature?

Had they loved before?

Your hand begged for my attention. Your skin craved touch. Your lips mourned for mine.

Your eyes were such a beautifully deep color. The lights reflect like glass and the galaxy knows nothing of this allure.

Eyes meeting like online-lovers for the first time. So brand new and exotic. Yet, so nerve-wracking.

Did your eyes know what I did in the dark?

Did they reap of sin and misfortune?

You couldn't love any more in that moment. The tension was so thick and potent that I felt tied to you.

Your lips had only left moments before but yet it seemed like an eternity. I leaned closer to feel that moment once more before I withdrew from you. It seemed so unfortunate but vital. My lips were damp from yours. I wanted to wipe it off, but I didn't want that moisture to disappear.

We rose and I smelled of your cologne. I wanted so badly to never wash my clothes again. I wanted to savor every moment that my nostrils were blessed with your scent. I wanted to spray myself repeatedly.

You walked me to the car and I wanted you to beg me to stay. You wrapped me in your warmth. I could just feel the strands of tension tearing apart. Time and time again we whispered...

"I love you."

The words echoed in my mind. I had heard them a million times but it never got old. I wanted to record it and play it through my headphones just to get through the days we were apart.

The miles of distance knew no boundaries. They knew nothing of truth and faithfulness. They knew nothing of my endearment for you.

Long term and long distance relationships know no borderline.

Especially not ours.