Crossing familiar territory

One inch at a time

To feel your pulse throbbing

And the delicate nodules

Of your spine

 

Still supple

Still as smooth as a peach

Your wingspan opened up

But not out of reach

 

To fly the distance

We didn’t dare to cover

Instead chased love away

Looking to the affections of another

 

Lying together now:

Head to head, toe to toe, arm in arm

The storm is over

Time to embrace the calm

 

Breathe in my love and

Exhale the past

Our vows, they were broken

Before they had chance to last

 

Accept human fragility

And Time’s loss wasting away

Lay with me again

And we will die to live another day