Exchange between four eyes, four lips
two chest cavities containing two hearts and double that in lungs
apologies between bits of conversation
not taking the easy path in unsheathing the easy sorry in hand
trading glances spilling out love notes
like our lids protected emotional human oceans, open to the table

but never saying,                                "I want you back"

Sidestepping every memory left black
and as tires on the expanse with our knees tucked into our necks
excellent at simply skipping bad scenes
while we avoid recalling pieces of happy recall for which we met
our big successful forward movement
continues healthy momentum's slipstream of the highs we forget

We forget together how it was to vibrate
We forget together exactly how to speak

never saying                                       "I want you back"

Pound pulse-like music                               where                                 Logic never touched page
Revelation coil twisting                               where                                 Sleep broke with the day
                                                             ­            where
                   Human being water, spooned, was the shape and sum of its container
                   Still, silent, covered lightly under bed sheets in euphoria's sad recovery