“Ewigkeit” – a poem by Melissa Laussmann

"Ewigkeit"

I have loved you 
in my own way.
Under a sea of stars,
by moonlight,
near the deep 
and shallow waters,
in desert sand 
and mountain peaks.
You have captured
my heart and life
has become an art 
of stillness.

Melissa Laussmann resides in a small town in Texas with her daughter. She loves to travel and watch old movies. You can find some of Melissa’s work in Haiku Journal, Poetry Quarterly, and Three Line Journal.