in your company

What is this pain?
gently
pulling me away from this busy city-

somehow my soul just
o p e n e d u p
as you were speaking;
the tones came rolling in
across my ears
like forgiveness, like dreaming.

Suddenly my heart
stretched wide across my ribcage,
pulled apart by the beauty
of
this
moment.

Come sit down beside me
and listen-
someone nearby is playing a piano,
the notes are telling us to breathe.
Calling to us,
come
and be absolved.

just before sleeping

i am not aware enough to dismiss the memory of your warm body
and so i let it lie beside me and feel the movement of your belly with breathing