Volleys

across

bows

of reason

promises

lobbed

airborne

balloons

carried

high and

away

by

winds

of passion

whispered

ciphers

against

damp

linen

once

you

were

warmed

towels

mittens

snowy nights

and

holidays

now

a furlough

recess

liberty

My

fingers

draw

across

your

photographs

recalling

the

braille

of your

skin

they

feel

heartbeats

and

breathing

tears

laughter

ribs

feet

they

remember

on

behalf

of

my

eyes

for

my

eyes

only

see

you

 

Here goes

we are

Padrons

and Nubs

Burgundies

and Pinot

Honolulu

and Miami

bamboo

and oysters

sloppy

drunks

laughter

truth

sunrises

and sets

hours

and hours

tears

talk

dreams

and

disappointments

silliness

time

we are

the

likely

unlikely

of

friends

Song

slivers

around

us

moonlight

highlights

a room

pockets

of yellow

dots

acrid

aromas

adrift

tobacco

sandalwood

Burgundy

humidity

hangs

netting

about us

kisses

imply

deep

literate

secrets

we

two

are

here

now

one

A world

sits

between

us

two

lifetimes

lost loves

first ones

long stories

short secrets

simply

sitting

we hear

histories

chronicles

of

dark ages

what

we

share

is age

neither

young

neither

old

simply

in between