I feel emotions wellInside my heartPulsating in rhythmStraining for expressionI reach for pen & paperAnd I am set freeOn a blank page

Like the moonI have learnedto be beautifulin darkness.

I startedYou finishedI endedYou beganI pausedYou continuedI whisperedYou sangI thoughtYou knewI lingeredYou ranI lookedYou reflectedI am womanYou are man

I weave around your heartDrawing out your sorrowIn slow-releasing tendrilsI tend to your woundsAnd bathe you in tender love

She emerged out of darknessTo a serenade of divine music‘What is this?’ she asked‘It is the song of your soul’He replied

As I tore myself from youI heard a weeping soundYou thread a needleto darn the hole I leftand embroider a new plan

We try to divorce our painby searching a sea of facesto ease our inner ache.Life’s challenge is to transform our painand marry the beauty within us.

If my eyes are covered by shadowsIf my lips cannot utter a soundThe truth within me shall find youBy the light of our infinite bond

You hold me like a favored bookPressing my spine with your fingersLeafing through my pagesAnticipating each phraseYou rest me on your kneeAs you ponder their meaningFeeling me weaveLyrically through your soulAnd when you return to meYou devour me from cover to cover