feeling you there petting my hair
rubbing my temples as I lean into
the gentleness of this morning
unable to describe the ache in my head
in premonition of some awful thing
somewhere taking place in the world
surely I think I die everynight
and each morning am born anew
memories blurr and reshuffle themselves
so everything is, and becomes, you

the further apart, the closer we are
though that seems to not make any sense
mouth to mouth I’m filled by your breath
the warmth of your chest as it rises and falls
a tranquility sea that you’ve gathered
from the sky, the sun, a mansion of rooms
in desert, in city, or a mountain range
this love dear heart is a unique light,
so beyond, so deep
delivered and placed in our hearts

where there is no worry, no questions,
just divine, and I lay in your arms
without a concept of time
a precious maya, a field of gold
your heavenly touch has meant so much
it ripples my mind with tropical rain and
windy mesa, sunlight freckled and fertile soil
goosebumps current down my arms
as you nuzzle my ear and
I hear your peaceful whisper

…all ways