Side by Side

July 16, 2018

 

Lying side by side

face to face

you asleep

and I awake,

Our soft breaths

warm the air.

What you breathe out

I breathe in

into my soul

and back again

and with my breath

you do the same

and so

I know

we two

are one

not twain.

 

Image: A copy of a Roman face from Sicily (potter unknown).