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This is how I want to know you: slowly,
Gently, as a river meandering
Endlessly toward the sea, touching
Everything it can, yet,
In no hurry to arrive.

Whisper to me
How you want to feel, the way the
Ocean exposes all the secrets of the universe, one by one,
With each crashing wave on white sand.

Speak to me
How you like to laugh like the ebullient
Summer's downpours joke to get kids and parents alike
 To puddle playfully together, splashing through its springs.

Call out to me
How you desire love, just as
A waterfall delves deep down into the pool,
Creating a rainbow, continuing its

Unending journey, rushing sometimes,
Often, simply enjoying the rhythm
Of its perpetual renewal,
Coming again
As a comfortable river.

Revision:
I want to know you
The way a meandering river peruses the Earth
As it twists endlessly toward the see,
Touching everything it can,
Yet in no hurry to arrive.

Whisper to me just how you want to feel, the way
The ocean exposes all the secrets
Of the universe, one by one, with
Each crashing wave onto white sand.

Just speak to me how you like to laugh, like
The ebullient summer's downpours joke with kids
And parents alike as they puddle together with glee,
Splashing through the springs it creates.

Call out to me how you desire love, just as a
Waterfall delves deep down into the pool, creating a rainbow,
continuing its unending journey, rushing sometimes, but often, simply enjoying the rhythm of its perpetual renewal, coming again as a comfortable river.