An Enduring Love
           (for Heather)

time,
its fleeting way bewilders.
a day will come when
you will not know my name
and my body will flounder.
till then we have each other.
two kindred souls.
together we make thick salsa,
spiced just right.

last night we danced on ice.
wore our hipster hats.
talked to the crows.
we're pinned together,
like wind and water.
imperfect as we may be,
we have found a perfect love.
my loud arms embrace your loud arms.
we say the stars are the masters.
they know more than we do.
some nights I talk to them.
whisper. ask for your healing.
for us the good life no longer shines.
but love does.
when we eat pretzels, drink coffee
and look at other,
we want the day to never end.
our lips become beautiful flowers.
our cries speak tender and sweet.

what I do is for you.
what you do is for me.
we hold each other with gracious care.
dance with me
till the last light lays pillow soft upon us.
till our vast breaths are set to music
as we enter the flood lights of oblivion,
that elusive mystery
we call the great beyond.
cast forever.
wed forever.