Like the infinite air we breathe

the filaments of feeling

that bind us, entangle

one to another in a web

of unspoken vulnerability

bare beauty and at times

seething nonsense

Words that glue some together

watch others wander,

The glance one cannot leave,

the touch that commands

the stroke that calls home

The arresting content

of our togetherness, defined

by the simplicity of our needs

to love and be loved

Sincerely expressed

mysteriously carried out.