I search at midnight
Your face, once a marble mask
mobile, uncertain
A body, embraced
by shadows and myself
panes lit by moonlight
And meeting your palms
your touches gentler than
a falling silk shawl
All the spans of time
stretch out to eternity
instantaneous
Hands reaching over
and dozens of surfaces
tesselate softly
For a while, I think
the meaning of life is this
and then so it is
Is wanting you all?
I wish I were your habit
Wanting together
Leaving by lamplight
Your spirit a firefly
I’ve kept in a jar
Uncertain future
suspended in brief moments
of today’s meeting
Oct 18, 2022
Oct 18, 2022 at 5:40 PM UTC
I search at midnight
Your face, once a marble mask
mobile, uncertain
A body, embraced
by shadows and myself
panes lit by moonlight
And meeting your palms
your touches gentler than
a falling silk shawl
All the spans of time
stretch out to eternity
instantaneous
Hands reaching over
and dozens of surfaces
tesselate softly
For a while, I think
the meaning of life is this
and then so it is
Is wanting you all?
I wish I were your habit
Wanting together
Leaving by lamplight
Your spirit a firefly
I’ve kept in a jar
Uncertain future
suspended in brief moments
of today’s meeting