In response to a Twitter request:
I have held women for one night
I have held women for one night,
no longer,
never loved
and loved them forever.
Held them so tight,
so breathlessly tight,
for fear they would let me go.
Walked one million miles to touch the sun
all the while surrounded by shadows,
fearing to feel that fire on my face
And wept, Jonah in the belly of my own whale.
I went to places
I went to places after you passed.
Places we walked
Needing to find you there.
Footprints in the sand,
Footprints in the snow.
A whisper of your words to me
explaining tides
Or a nod, another question
as we told each other stories about the tracks small animals made.
{We came from different worlds
and made them one.}
The Mouse
Tiny little paws
grasping at a seed
nibbling away
to fill her breasts
to feed her pups
to insure she is remembered
in mouse dreams
when the future becomes the past.