What is one thing that there are no words for?

Yesterday Adam was at work and I wasn't.  I rearranged and cleaned our bedroom.  I lit some candles in our bedroom and in the kitchen.  I sent him a text message that said:

"tonight.  9pm.  in the bedroom.  no lights.  no movies.  no books or magazines.  no phones.  no clothes.  no words.  just you, me, candles & silence.  want to?"

he replied:

"yes!"

and so it was a date.  I went to yoga then stopped at the grocery store on the way home and bought a light, easy dinner.  we prepared the dinner together and ate quietly.  while I was at yoga Adam had made up the bed with fresh, soft, organic cotton sheets.  after dinner we turned out all the lights, put the dogs to bed and met in the bedroom to light some beeswax candles. 

There are some things that defy description with words, but that never stops me from trying to describe them with words anyway.  I love a challenge.  :-)

In the almost silence of our candlelit bedroom we smiled at each other with our eyes.  We communicated enjoyment with our expressions and our breath.  We took care to really give our undivided attention to one another.  We smiled, we sighed, we enjoyed.  After some time we fell asleep all tangled up in one another.  And woke after a short nap to a quiet candlelit room. 

there is power and magic in silence.  in quiet there seems to be more room to notice the quality of light playing across a lover's face or the dawn climbing down a mountain toward the valley. 


"What is one thing that there are no words for?"

I suspect the poet's job is to find that thing and put words to it, in order to share it through recognition with another who was not there in that moment but has had a similar experience. 

There is a way that certain music makes me feel that I would be hard pressed to put to words.  For that reason, I am profoundly grateful for youtube and iTunes and pandora and gaia and myspace and good old fashioned radio for letting me share those songs that touch me. 

Here's one....  Legend of Zelda - Song of Storms as arranged and played by an iPhone Ocarina virtuoso. 




This song, Breathe, made famous by Faith Hill, touches on how a few candles and some quiet can enhance a human encounter......


BREATHE
(Holly Lamar/Stephanie Bentley)

I can feel the magic floating in the air
Being with you gets me that way
I watch the sunlight dance across your face
And I've never been this swept away

All my thoughts seem to settle on the breeze
When I'm lying wrapped in your arms
The whole world just fades away
The only thing I hear is the beating of your heart

Cause I can feel you breathe
It's washing over me
Suddenly I'm melting into you
There's nothing left to prove
Baby all we need is just to be
Caught up in the touch
The slow and steady rush
Baby, isn't that the way that love's supposed to be?
I can feel you breathe
Just breathe..

In a way I know my heart is waking up
As all the walls come tumbling down
Closer than I've ever felt before
And I know and you know there's no need for words right now

Cause I can feel you breathe
It's washing over me
Suddenly I'm melting into you
There's nothing left to prove
Baby all we need is just to be
Caught up in the touch
The slow and steady rush
Baby, isn't that the way that love's supposed to be?
I can feel you breathe
Just breathe..

Caught up in the touch
The slow and steady rush
Baby, isn't that the way that love's supposed to be?
I can feel you breathe
Just breathe..

I can feel the magic floating in the air
Being with you gets me that way

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while searching unsuccessfully for a recording for that song, I found this one and it's startlingly simple and beautiful, I thought I'd share.  apparently it's still all about breathing.  :-)      Anna Nalick - Breathe (2AM) Acoustic