This Is Us

There is only one you;
the only one that can melt over me
so softly and seamlessly,
and exist in that space within me
between all there was and all that will be,
without any clinging
or gripping.
You just are.
A gentle giant and a fierce shadow,
you are full of contradictions
that make perfect sense.
 
The seat of consciousness,
the vantage point from which 
I look at my world,
is the most beautiful place I've been -
except the crook of your arm
when you pull me in
and wrap me up in all the love
you can never verbalize.
 
I cannot be more grateful
for this unexpected dance
through intense pleasures and intentional
release,
practicing detachment
for we will never own each other.

We are only spirits playing
in these precious bodies
practicing humanness.

Forever,
for now,
in love.

2017