were this
our reminder
to remember somehow
a time I was yours
(did you know)
of long nights I spread
to worlds
stretched between
and listened
with longing –
your whisper to go

with nothing but wishes
as welcome to hold
time slipped
apart where I stayed
moored to the place
we started
before
– to watch
as your ship sailed
away

forever
is balanced by light
from the moon –
and days when the sun
strains to be
beyond this permission
of loving to love –
e’en now
my light wanders
your seas