Non–consumptive Love
i stood, she read
under the current
smiling wide when she
took her stop.
my station
one further on,
she stills
within me.
amazing a flame
burns without
exhausting.
coinciding with cupid’s hallmarks,
a red empire state, dates
and times to love one another.
any totem suffices:
even entwined cherubim
hammered from rare gifts,
our desert wealth:
dolphin, scarlet, silkworm
inspiraling.
found my pulse again,
walking with an open heart, held first;
shoulders bare an honest weight,
no contortions, extensions;
skin and sleep, reflective and regenerative.