THIS QUIET MOMENT

This Quiet Moment

The noise of life ebbs

As your whispered words 

Hold me sway

In the music of your heart

How my soul leaps

At the caress of your voice,

My skin burns

At the caress of your touch

Is this a dream

Or the fantasy a fevered mind conjures

From needing so much

And receiving so little?

There have been nights

In my waiting

That I could not bear the longing, 

Could not stand the needing.

When I thought I would go mad

Or lose myself in unsated desire

To catch a glimpse of the shadow 

Of your face.

I know you wait there

As I wait here

But the map that leads me to you

Is missing, is long lost, or gone forever.

How do I reach 

The ground you stand on,

The sphere you exist in,

The world you abide on?

I know not........

For there are oceans between us

And mountains before us

And treacheries around us.

Dark spells wrought to thwart me away from you

Webs of deceit to bind me from running

Chains of broken hearts to keep me from trusting

And yet, somehow I do. And yet, somehow I do. 

This astral meeting is all we have for now

This shadow kiss, this ethereal bliss

And it is so good. But not good enough

For hot red blood still flows through our veins.

In the chaos of the world, 

I can barely hear you

Can barely see your saddened face

Waiting in the lamplight at the gate.

 But there you are, my love!

Strong and sure and eager

To reach through mists of time

And touch the hand that enfolds yours 

Like a glove.

In this quiet moment

We have been granted by sheer will

And God's mercy

To meet in manifested love

Solid as a rock.

And maybe this moment

Won't last very long

And maybe it will last forever

Who is to say?

Maybe if I press my lips to yours

And never let go

When you fade into the shadows

I will go with you.

Or maybe you will stay with me

And become more than a vision,

But the man you are in my dreams

While we hold onto reality with all our souls.

Don't be afraid, you will never disappear

No matter how old you grow or how weak, your flesh

Somehow we will find a way to stay together

Love is a living thing

And it will find it's way............

Even my doubting heart believes that.

©By Voo

Dec 27, 2018

2:20 a.m.