One Heart Beat

Thursday, December 4th, 2008 12:20 AM

He touched her
not so he could feel her
but to make himself
believe her
that she was there beside him

To make her real
in the moonless night
he sought her out
not so he could see her
but to keep her image in his mind
to make sure she wasn't a lie
a vision of his mind

He breathed her in
to make himself live
dreary days
pushing them all away
she gave him life
a reason to swallow his pride
get down on his knees
bow his head
and to let him stay
motionless
until her voice traveled through his ears

He couldn't hear her
but he knew her song
The vibrations in his ears
Healing every scar and knock
he ever had to bear
He listened to unchanging words
Whispers
Silence

laying back against the earth
he drank the rain
his mind fogged by her presence
he had to taste her
sweet
cold
revitalizing goddess
He was overcome by her

She touched him
She Told him
She drizzled sweetness across his lips
from her fingers
she possessed him
with one caress
She let him see her
Every cracking bone
chipping stones
irregular molds

They lived.