One

by Elizabeth Hawkins, MS3 University of Florida

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How is it that you came to reside
So comfortably, so inextricably,
At the very center of me? 

You are a man with all the depth
And power of the sea, and yet
The tide swept you in so discretely
That I scarcely noticed the moment
When my breath ceased to be mine alone. 

Who do I thank for this greatest of all gifts?
The gentle tug of the moon?
The laughter that lingers, shimmering,
In the air when you are with me?

You have made smooth sand of my sorrows,
Please come closer.
There is a place, a way,
That the wisest among us only whisper about.
A place where flesh is thin as the wind
And two lovers bold enough to embrace
With their earnest eyes open may become
Long as the horizon and wide as the world.

Trace our two voices to their source
And they are simply that ancient, sweet song
All the universe sings as one.

Contact:
Elizabeth Hawkins, MS3
University of South Florida
ebeth_hawkins@yahoo.com

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