5

before familiarity, a long recognition -
i felt you; i sensed a deep
internal waiting that knew, before
circumstance surrendered detail to when,
to place - by touch i could sketch
your nuance across the dark -
your face and the fact
of your bone's.

reverberant slipstream swallowing effort -
future leans back into history. hurry with
ease, i'm here, ivory towered, free verse
eloquent, swinging trapeze that sways
the rotational plane with orbits defying set patterns,
rings turned to bells around Saturn,
pealing away each sphere's harmony,
throwing the reins to the ride,
staying astride, gripping
nothing.

without anticipation, patience set its jaw,
tracing yours in the dusk that sets heavy and empty,
here - misplaced - and here
and gone and again,
rhythmic -
a heart space -
always in waiting.