THE EXTENT OF THINGS
here’s what
brought us to this -
that cold steel
that sought me out
and blood and bone
I suffered alone…
you kept vigil over me
in my troubled times
on the mountain
and you let me see
your beating heart,
however faint
your voice behind me
in a hush of love,
assuring me of eternity
and youth – transitory,
like any other thing
that is here for a
moment and gone,
was hidden away
under old forest trees
where the only light
shone from our eyes
one sweet day
after another
sweet day,
each longer
than a year,
and that special
grace holding off
imminent sadness
how many nights
did we confess our
sins but were never
absolved
we never needed
forgiveness
I know that now
we put our
heads together
and changed
the universe -
stars from
different galaxies
exploding into
a billion shards -
still traveling
through a dark
here’s what
brought us to this -
that cold steel
that sought me out
and blood and bone
I suffered alone…
you kept vigil over me
in my troubled times
on the mountain
and you let me see
your beating heart,
however faint
your voice behind me
in a hush of love,
assuring me of eternity
and youth – transitory,
like any other thing
that is here for a
moment and gone,
was hidden away
under old forest trees
where the only light
shone from our eyes
one sweet day
after another
sweet day,
each longer
than a year,
and that special
grace holding off
imminent sadness
how many nights
did we confess our
sins but were never
absolved
we never needed
forgiveness
I know that now
we put our
heads together
and changed
the universe -
stars from
different galaxies
exploding into
a billion shards -
still traveling
through a dark
and endless space.
