we will reach*

beauty is the mourning dove
that calls back and forth
the song of connection

eternal

in the night and in the dawn
i find you singing to me
in the restlessness of a sleep too short
and a day too long

closer

i have no idea how many days
and nights
we’ve slept together 

i have no idea how many more nights
we’ll try to say everything
before our eyes close

the twilight of another day
sinks into the bedsheets
into the creases we make

loving each other

in all of our mistakes
in all of our joys
in all of our possibilities

promise me
we will wake up together

a call back to the dawn

echoes, promises, whispers
we will reach across the daylight
we will reach across the stars

again and again


*For J.

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