Comfort me.
Comfort you.
In this strange land
we have found each other.
Heal me.
Heal you.
Release the venom
we have both been baiting.
We came here
from a dark place,
but we each carried
some darkness with us.
Hidden away
in our hearts,
thoughts,
and dreams
that have grown into nightmares.
Tempt me.
Tempt you.
The ease of recidivistic folly.
Clamber as we might
up the slope,
when we stop,
we resume our tumble down.
Never would have even known
a cardinal direction
without you.
Where I am from
there is only darkness.
Where you are from
there’s a horizon.
Teach me.
Teach you.
One without the other,
sure to perish.
Even if our unity
makes perishing a fearful thing.
I never feared death
until I met you.
There was nothing in this world
worth living for.
Quandary of existence,
never knew what it was
to live,
much less,
to die.
Complete me.
Complete you.
In us we might perfect being.
We were told
that we were alone.
Fearful creatures,
now made bold.
DJR – 2022
