stay with me a moment--

I've need of your vigilance,

we've taken turns keeping

watch round the fire forever,

as the other slept.

now we must both stay awake--

to let the Long Night sleep, witness

the end of our search.

we fill with peril in the passion of

that end, as one line crossed two ways

towards one another.

where now every moment's day spawns

worlds that cut sharply to your absence...

echoing ****** births in the call of your name.

i rinse off the blood of that desolation to feel

your presence, with such ritual care--that One

Day you'll take hold of my hands as if to say:

enough my love...I'm here.