When We Were We
Long before I lost you
to twisted embers
in your mind;
Before you dared not breach
choking silence
with a touch of eager skin…
We
breathed the fire of Romans
into each other’s random souls
across a room
with a single smile-
And found ourselves
Wrestling in red cars
out in parking lots
that gratefully never knew
our names...
We
giggled at liquid nights
rippling in the wake of conversations
that would disappoint
stern fathers;
figuring the sun
was just a star
with a lighter background...
We
transposed our arms
for a chorus of eternity those days;
Snuggling
golden wrapped flesh,
and other dreams
found only
an eyelash away...
Now,
Long after...
Your eyes extinguish empires
of Was-
But only
amidst symphonic ashes
of a time
when
We were We.
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