Every perfect second,
every word,
every inflection.
Every time I pass
the point of no return
and find my way back here.
Each time I’ve touched you,
and every time I’ve hurt.
Longing for the ocean,
we have seen the desert in us.
Take me far away from endless.
Give my body to the eagles.
Let my eyes be their eyes.
See me soaring in the distance.
Higher,
and higher,
and higher
and then;
I’m gone.
Every breath
that glides across your lips.
Every brush across your skin.
Every touch I can’t forget.
I never wanted to be anything
other than your atmosphere.
Somewhere,
between
here and there,
I’m afraid
we lost ourselves.
I found my eyes again,
and I am still
searching
for you.
Between the beginning
and the end of this,
I know you’re here.
I can feel you
all around,
and know you
in every perfect sound.
I breathe you in.
You inhale me.
We are life,
each unto the other.
I have found you.
HG – 2019