We Became

You

saturated me,

poured scented unguents on oldest wounds,

rotated my mind

with fingertips

tracing

temples’ ragged edges,

breathing calm into my hair

from behind

where I could not see 

the belonging in your eyes

but felt it flow,

airborne and tactile,

as arms around my whole.

---

Your

healing 

wrapped round my relief,

touching

deep,

reiki

to soul’s silent

pain.

---

You

fed my thirst,

quenched my need for soothed release,

old child to new woman born, 

fast-forwarded time by touch and breath

and whisper’d nothings

unspoken.

---

Your

being

became as mine,

tendered lips

proferring union,

chosen in one single, breathless kiss

to flame a glowing taper.

---

You

became

me

as I flowed

into you.

---

You

left on a breath

with part of me,

two divided

but one.

We became.