Gift of absence

After all the death

this year

we’re left with thinking

about what remains

and how all of us are entwined

with miracles

Naked

I don’t want forever

in the scheme of things

forever is an eternity

and I don’t want
to wait around that long

if it’s okay with you
I’ll take now

because that’s all we have

a moment of seeing your truth

stripped

for the first time

naked, soul to soul

to me is worth a lifetime