intimacy (men&women)

intimacy (men&women)

the things that matter most

fall through the gaps between

the universes of men&women

(i)

intimacy

i am walking across this planet

concentrating on not floating away

to keep my feet touching earth

i imagine this plea from me to you

you lie on the couch and read a book

a book i have read and given you a copy

you rest your feet in my lap while you read

and i hold them bare in my hands eyes closed

and ride that moment on the couch with you

somewhere between dream and imagination

we each in our own separate worlds together

travelling through that book’s world together

(ii)

for all the words i should have said and didn’t

for all the words i said and shouldn’t have

for all the things i should have done and didn’t

for all the things i did and shouldn’t have

in this corporeal existence in the time of not us

when i have no idea what to do or say ad infinitum

i buy you every book i read

building a library to you and for you

i read 1Q84 in hardback

yours is a collection of paperbacks

three in a box and still wrapped in plastic

(iii)

i imagine a future

with your feet in my hands

you are reading 1Q84 book 2

we are silent on the couch

i am listening for everything

i failed to hear before and now