God I Loved

God I loved.

You,

I adored
You

More than anything

Created.

God, I loved 

You. 

You

Left me forever wanting only but

To roll in your arms
In the moonlight

Beside a mountain stream
As we lay on the grass

Inside an oriental wind like
A kiss

To stare at your face
Captured by the moon

In a frame of silver radiance
For me in awe to gaze upon

You.

More than anything

In this world

Since we were forced to part,
I have wandered, have drifted
Through places I knew with
You

In my exile, I picture your face, your hair.

I touch them,
And the memories become a mosaic
Of  you;

Your soft skin, your smile, your grin,

In an invisible lightning strike
The soul of
You
Comes rushing back to me
Of all our time together

Condensed as that sweet tang of orange juice
You

Poured into my mouth
From your mouth...
Such an ecstatic, arresting kiss
Could only be called the nectar of the gods...

I wrote this poem                      

When my love for
You
Was still such an absolute thirst
Inside the desert of my exile,
Doubling me over in pain,

My body and soul parched in excruciating drought,
And I drained the last drops of my love

Into a canteen of poems
I poured out about 
You.

God I loved.

You,

I adored.

You

Gave me life.

Your kisses were,

Sangmin, 

"More Precious Than Jewels".

The meaning they gave my life
Was all contained inside your Korean name.

Because of

You,

I loved 

The Creator

Even more. 

You

Made it possible

To say when I die

"God I loved

You”