my heart is halfway across the world

my heart is halfway across the world
traversing the night sky
and crossing the sea.

i want the moon to tell him to come back soon.
will the wind carry my voice?
but my lips can barely move.
nothing is heavier than my feet,
and they are sunk in the river
of tears.

i do not want to cry for you, my heart.
but my chest is hallowed and my longing for you
has transcended
even my most rational thought.

and you are halfway across the world, right now.

(i am) in your river of love

who would've thought the sand
beneath my feet one day
opens up into a river
bathing my knee.

i who had spent all my life
running from the water.

who would've known the moon
looks so beautiful from where i am lying
hair floating with the current.

who could possibly tell apart
the rain from the tears
when they fall from the same sky.

anyone would have closed their eyes
until the water turned to salt.

and who would've thought the river,
warm from the sun and gentle like a friend,
would lead me to you, my love

softer than grass and sweeter than milk,
brighter than the burning sun,

i would never have thought,
not for a million years,
that happiness wears your smile
and carries your name
as it sails into my heart.