PULSE

I connect with you so easily
My fingers find their accustomed place
And the gulf between us shrinks to an ear space
Listen
And you may hear the sound
Of my tides, shifting
Within me.
The blood pulsing
Over the reef of my rib-cage
Pounds into the warm cave
Of my heart.
For an infinitesimal moment
The wave hangs
Suspended
And we are one
With the eternal.

FULL MOON RISING.

Like a silver balloon loosed
From the hand of a child,
You spiral skywards, pumped
On helium. Stretched thin as
Latex rubber, you shrink
But never burst.
Buffeted by the wind's cold
Shoulder, cloud drift rides you:
Hides you in its warm dark fur.

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