contact

Relationship with another body starts soft and subtle like the hesitant breath of a hand landing, like a bird, upon a back.
Or the timid whisper of a glance
Or the tepid gesture of a head resting gently on another’s collar bone.

Within the pain of relationship lies the uncertainty of our lover’s heart,
Our lover’s interest
Our lover’s trust.

Within the pain of relationship lies sweetly the sense
of forever and never – of a language erasing the spaces between.

And together
we must remember
we have everything we need.
And alone
We must remember
We have everything we need.



Within the dance of romantics:
*we fall heavy on our hip bones
*we fall heavy into emptiness
*we fall heavy into love

Within the dance of everyday:
*we hesitate. We hesitate. We hesitate.
*we pace the same path in the grass over and over again
*we stop for a moment to catch our breath

Within the dance of forever:
*we hover in question
*we stretch to unfathomable design
*we sooth our confusion with another skin
*we stop for a moment to catch our breath

Within the dance of earth and animal:
*we sniff each other from behind
*we leave quietly without trace
*we chase connection like our last meal

Bones are no monument compared to the strength in which we are capable to stand – honored by the weight of another.