And there began our oral history. Removed from text, living and breathing. Passed back and forth between lips. I myself a promise, her oath. The anxious lump that hesitates in the back of the throat. The inner most of courage exchanged in deep sigh. Finding it impossible to hold on to my own words. I hold on to hers, and it is within this freedom am I truly free. Without confines to anything, other than ourself. That we find influence from events current and past. Well dressed in each others lips. We both fold the page. In exception to our next breath