Because after a while
There are no words
Nothing that has not already been said
In every octave
With every tone
Fast and spelled out for you
S L O W L Y
We have been soft with one another
Desperate in our love making
I have taken your hand
You have taken mine
We have placed the fingertips of the other
On pulse points
Stroked hidden places
And pleaded "love me"
Felt the heat it generates
The friction
The tension
The fear
The peace
Sometimes we just closed our eyes
To simply feel
Places within ourselves
We did not know were empty
Places only the other dared find
To fill
We have been hard to one another
And we have given up the need to lead
Or follow
Together
Have experienced
The coldness of ambivalence
The stranger's eyes in the familiar face
Across the breakfast table
Dinner's candles
Shedding no light
Made promises to try harder
Broken promises
Broke each other
Into
Pieces
Apologized
Repeated offenses
But...
Even back to back
In anger
We are always touching
My soul sees yours
In the shadows of my own movement
Hears you in the beating of my own heart
You know my sighs
Before they even rise from my chest
You know what makes me cry
Even when there are no tears
You can taste them on your tongue
And remember
Memories
We ripped and roared through our youth
Often in opposition
Always together
Greeting the rise of the sun
With whispers of honest endearments
Meeting on this common ground
Of truth
That is always
Us
Laughing at the wind
Of storms
Meant to topple mountains
Our bodies have always been one
Strong
And now it grows old and tired
A mutual acceptance of time's grace
We hum and sway and smile
There is still music
We have not forgotten the tune
We are the dance
Moving into the sunset
There are no needs
Unmet
No regrets
No words
Our souls have always spoken
A language that flows deeper within love
Everything else was just
Metaphors
We pledged
I do
And simply
Each and every day
Did