and I recognized you

and I recognized you
from the moment I walked into you,

dancing eyes and nervous feet.

welcome.
I have missed your warmth beside me
from the maple time we whiled away
as we shed our years like falling leaves,
sinking into earth under dappled sun.

and here you are again,
new eyes and
trembling hands;
cheeks flush from
breathing in the sky.

here, take my hand.
let us wander down this path,
tripping over words and
learning the shape of each other's skin again
until we find a place to sit and watch
the sunlight dip beneath the trees.

Phantom limb

I am sorry for
falling in love with you I
didn't intend to.

I am sorry that
I cannot pull away from you –
ambrosia in my veins,
dancing lightly,
gentle, impish.

You are a thread I did not tug on
in a tapestry hanging on
the walls of another room;
another world.

Missing.
Phantom limb missing.
Cannot ask you to sacrifice missing.
Chimera passing across the moon missing.

You are the almost, almost of a reality
my atoms ache to fall into –

the cry in my chest
dissolves in my open mouth.