do you remember back when we were
what were we?
we were so small! we were
everywhere
and nowhere
out of time
and the stuff time is made of
we were potential we
flowed and flowed
in
endless
entangled
waves
and we were each other
and now we're here
because we made a pact to meet
we whispered,
let's meet on an
island
but not just any
island
let's meet at the top
of
the
world
on an island that's tearing apart
and we'll
share a volcano
and we'll
feel the earth shudder
together
we'll
get wet
in sloppy rain
as if we've
always
done
that
and we'll
sit on the grasses
at the heart of town
we'll
share friends
and our parting will be hard
we'll
run the other way after
long
slow
kisses
and try to fall in love with others
our lives will be complex
we'll be
heroes in our world!
we'll be
just like each other
our lines undefined
i'll ask in awe
am i touching you?
i am touching you
but
where
do
you
begin?
we’ll be
mystified
we’ll be
incompatible star signs
our years will
compete and tease
inauspiciously
when we were so
immense
we made this agreement
you’ll
look at me one night
stunned
and you'll say
you are me and
yes
i’ll smile
it is my pleasure to be you!
all our differences will make us a
long
slow
goodbye
even as we swim through our ether
towards each other
again
i’ll push you away!
i’ll whisper
please come back
please
kiss me
again
you'll look
deep into
my eyes
and you'll say
my eyes
and you'll say
no
i don't think i will
just like Rhett
and we'll both
know
that just one more
kiss
would seal us together in doom on that kind of night
you'll say
in time
we can swim this
we can
with our big lovely eyes
and our smug attitudes
we can
circle
our suns
at the top of the universe
in
spaces
in
between
we
promised
i will
love
for
you
you
and you
will
too
too
for
me
me
© Maria Alva Roff 2011
