Lives
Growing
Together
Hearts and heartwood
Opening portals
Breathing each other’s breath
Rooted in each other’s life
Seedlings of stars and hearts of earth
Intertwined and interdependent
Knowing much but understanding little
We seek your shelter and forget to care
Pages of your life preserve our words
We shape and hew and then destroy
Carving our names on your skin
In the name of romance
We burn your bodies
You consume ours
Carrying
Prayers
Deep