That day in August

When summer stretched

To infinity

But the lean of the sun

Betrayed

The inevitable unease

Of Autumn

And you stared out

At the slipping landscape

Wind in hair

Eyes faraway

The sound of the car wheels droning

Droning

Droning

And hours into the night

Couldn’t shake those drops

Of doomed sunlight

As we slipped

Unheard

Through your house

To the back respite of old furniture

And living quarters above your garage

And moonlight streamed in as we didn’t

Speak

But the waters of our bodies rippled

Back and forth

Back and forth

And I never was so present

And not present at the same time

Revealing a curious bare

Form of language in breath

And softly laid hands

Lacking any analysis or hesitation

As you curled against me and dreamed

Dreams in common

Until your clothes slid down in the moonlight

And my nakedness throbbed against your

Thigh open along my own leg

Finger brushing out

Gaps

So reverently

Nearby

Then nearer

Nearer

Over your clit

Making you shake

Whisper

I’m so sensitive

And oceans entered your body

Winds calm over rolling swells

As quiet as mountains

Undulating you

Turning your cheek against mine

Lips open

Not needing quiet

But the prayer demanding it

And our currents slowly twined

Ending our separateness

Your pleasure as mine

The whispery sound of you

Riding those swells

Higher

Cutting cottony swaths

In the clouds

Then sun

Sun

Blazing

As I moved with you

Freed you

Ecstasy and terror of such celestial

Dizzying heights

And you begged me to protect you

And let you die

As you cried out in absolution

Oh oh oh oh oh

Grunting

Then panting

Over and over and over

Hips rocking

Pussy flaring

Until you sighed out

Some of the origins

Of your soul

Against my skin

As you rested against me

Breathing

Breathing

That I carry with me

As you watch the landscape slide by

And the car drones drones

And I know where you are

Faraway