Interlude

[RC James]

 
Looking back on mistakes
and failed detours,
there was that moment
when it all turned timeless.

Rhapsody in soft flesh,
that one moment,
two of us streaming joy
in morning light.

In the car,
full moon driving us,
we shared
each other’s silence
in volumes
printed on the landscape
we claimed as ours.

We were the only beings
in the world, a burst of welcome
to everything inside us,
new-found wisdom
in our bones,
exuberance and delight
in each other’s eyes;
the end of longing,
the blossoming into each other
above yearning.

Now, too restless for a return,
a summons
to the impossible embrace
flies by unheeded.

Edited October 10, 2023 by RC James