A PAIR OF SHINING EYES

We found each other
the way two frightened animals do:
wanting to trust the other
but not knowing
the contours of how.
Survival lived in our veins.

I glide with You.
We entangle our tender hands.
Radiant eyes looking in
to radiant eyes.
I glimpse your softness.
You call me beautiful.

And the fear fires quiet.
Suddenly, it is all as gentle and unassuming
as the candle’s flame.
And I gaze inside You until You must go
and You slip away as quietly as You came
to rejoin the stars.