fireflies ...
the distance keeps us apart
mile after mile after endless mile
across uncharted waters
that rise and fall in tides
like two lovers
rocking rhythmically in
silhouetted shadows
etched like charcoal smudges
across the opposite bedroom wall
beside where the steamy window opens to
starlight over daylight
and daylight over starlight
and so it is
our life together yet apart
you sleeping somewhere
me waking nowhere
you turning silently under
the neat covers
almost certain
you can hear me whisper
your name
when i have not
whispered anything
at all
the years keep us apart
days, weeks, months
dropping off the kitchen calendar
and crashing like fine china
in puzzle pieces across
the marble floor
and though i wish
i could wish it away
still the gap of time returns
and crowds in between
my outstretched hand
and your disappearing fingertips
two hearts
so far apart in the count of years
reaching for hopefulness
but missing the ledge
of certainty
and sending a love
so perfect in its rosy beauty
free falling
into an abyss
of seemingly unending blackness
that ends only
with a splash
in a pool of tears
our moments together
are like fireflies
on the darkest night
that blink brightly
and light a straight line
from my heart
to yours
and your heart to mine
each breath and nervous shudder
is encased in
a sudden luminescence
that is there
and then recklessly gone
each moment caught
in an incandescent flicker
illuminating
two lovers entwined
before vanishing
and obscuring a thousand
thousand more kisses
in a shroud of shadows
but if the stars
align just right
and if the earth
relents to love
distance and time
will fold and stall
just long enough
to blend two hearts
into one
and you and i will
be together
under a
single sun
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