Buttons that held
our hearts closed.
Things we didn’t need
disrobed,
discarded,
somewhere along the road.
Naked with you
under these
stars and galaxies.
You thought
you were not enough
to satisfy
my curiosity.
The fact is,
I stopped wondering
with you.
Thought I had all the answers,
such a naive point of view.
I learned,
every time I heard
the truth.
Trust and family came
for me day by day,
but did they ever
come for you?
Angels in the night time,
lovers in the interludes.
A garden grew
to surround us
all around
from what we had discarded
on the ground.
Tears and memories,
broken buttons too,
unclothed us,
but the leaves
cover you.
My eyes do not behold
what they once saw.
Our path
has become a garden wall.
Safe as it is,
in a prison we reside.
So beautiful from the inside.
Press a button,
open up the door.
There is nothing more,
but to go forth
and explore.
Stand naked, together
beneath the stars
and once again
begin this life of ours.
A new garden
will spring up at our feet
from what we discover
in between
our hearts,
our souls,
and our bodies.
HG – 2022
