Lovers hearts wide open
Eyes seeing lights of eyes and smiles
Arms, legs clasped around legs, arms
Whilst the gods dance between us
Through our open devoted hearts
Free from sin we drink of the cup
The bliss of love divine

Now is the time of heightened love my friend
When our eyes see beauty, trust, faith, joy
Hearts generously wide, vast openness
As if we would never fall from grace
Into being human again,
As though we would never build walls
And then anger at the Gods for leaving us

Because these same human hearts close
We see faults and failings,
We wrap our judgements and our words around
Ourselves and fall into the lap of pride and selfishness
Love is here also, fighting to breathe again,
Holding a hand out to us if we could only reach it
And soon enough we surrender our spears and
Recognise that we were never on different sides

May I remember at those times that love is between us
When we are in our separate rooms,
Beating our hearts to different genres
When my back is to your back, not touching
And when I am mourning the loss of the whites of your smile for me
I pledge to remember that love is in those tears as well.
Bursting forth to be set free and received
Fighting for harmless and fairness
Waiting for small and large opportunities to give itself
Words, skin, smile, kisses, a gift unexpected or a cup of tea
Whether in silence, passion or the glazed over absence
Love is alive in us,
The divine lights us,
Whether in passion and twisted ******* frenzy,
Or in the silent working side by side, waking up and going to sleep.