We looked at each other with the awkward kind of knowing Un-fed passions blazed in our eyes we felt transparent as glass Wondering if everyone saw what was written on our souls, In our hearts. There was no explanation Emotions carried through time effortlessly Spite and grievances only ever served to cope with the proximity of temptation And the seemingly endless chasm of distance in each other's absences Every violent tearing of our hearts quickly forgotten We lingered in eacothers atmosphere scratching for words that resembled polite conversation Aching to sit quietly living in each other's eyes There was a communion in the quiet spaces Awkward as they were Of togetherness Of waiting Of knowing Our time would come Not today, this life time, And maybe not the next But inbetween; Like the spaces between unnecessary words Where a whole universe lives Between our souls