In another life

In another life

we danced under starlit trees

barefoot on cool forest soil

as you twirled me 

a milky way spun 

in my planet struck eyes

Back then I existed

And even before that one

we tangoed through tangled wines,

unburgeoned brush

my firelit eyes

sparked and sparkled

as you dipped me in afterglow

And even prior

our forms formed new shapes

in former lives

slow dancing in lapping waves

waltzing in water

whilst my ebb tide eyes poured over

the miracle of your being

But in this one

we somehow forgot to dance

and to hold each other

as the sky holds the stars

as the smoke holds fire

and the sand holds the sea

but oh how your dancing eyes

still hold me

where on this earth can we go

so we can dance

and I can make you remember?

Crescent

Before there was time

Before there was arrangement

There was this

Before the world's first tear

first birth

first kiss

I'm just here

because of all prior bliss

Trying to comprehend

the loveliness 

And up above

As I wait, count breaths before daring move

I see the love of light

And before he comes

before he leaves

he takes with him that bright

And leaves behind all else;

night

and in our crescent moment

a fraction of the whole

I loved him 

despite

In lieu

In lieu

In absence

Let my words speak

what lips cannot