now I listen to the music and understand
even though our song shared a beat
we were each dancing to a different rhythm in our hearts

i opened my heart
every thought and word welcomed
now you say too much

no longer afraid
unabashedly open
fragile as ever

you and me
exist
in another world
where we whisper the evenings away
and sleep softly through summer mornings
where i drink your sweet mouth
and you the smoothness of my skin
where our thoughts and words are colored by a delicate mist
our time measured by gentle heartbeats and soft breaths
our love exists
suspended
in another world

a flurry of words
filled with quiet passion
accompanied our every exchange

beautiful melodies
sweet sharp raw
coiled themselves around us
as we stumbled blindly through the darkness

our souls in rhythm
until we exhausted ourselves
in a crescendo of harmony