AsTogether (for Juan)

Hours

Apart

You

Ahead

Me

Behind

Yours

Darkness

Mine

Sunlight

Knowing

You

Called

Reassuring

Absent

Worry

Afar

Love

Drifted

Early

Coffee

Aromas

Tethered

An ocean

Apart

Understanding

Me

Better than

Me

Speaking

Passion

Desire

Longing

Ache

We

Remain

As close

As

Together

Hawai’iDawn

Rain

Sheets

Arrive

Across

Palolo

Ridge

Spattering

At feet

Breeze

Wafts

Humid

Laughter

Downspout

Sputter into

Cistern

Hawai’i

Dawn

Sounds

Sirens (to Marcea)

Laying

In your

Lap

You

Pluck

My

Heart

Strings

Making

Me

Sing

From

Afar

You

Hear

My

Siren

Come

To me

My

Love

Navigate

Craggy

Cliffs

Obstacles

And

Throw

Yourself

Upon

Me

EmptyBeds (to Juan)

Twilight

Call

Voice

Afar

Familiar

Longing

Angst

Rain

Haloed

Street

Lamps

Moistened

Clothes

Lost

Miles

Miles

Away

Affection

Lobbed

Intimacy

Renewed

Dark

Room

Street

Two

Empty

Beds

Am I

Enough

You are

You are

Everything

In a

World

Filled with

Nothing

BackToSleep (to Juan)

Early

Morning

Rain

Drums

Rooftop

Drops

Scatter

Frightened

Cats

Wet

Fingers

Draw

Down

Glass

Rivulets

Snake

Past

Deep

Slumber

You

Lay

Me

Night

Watchman

Dreams

Flutter

Lids

Legs

Move

Dancing

Henna

Hair

Falls

I

Brush

Locks

Stirring

Drowsy

Eyes

Open

Shushing

Back

To

Sleep