It was dark,
but still I could see your eyes
and knowing
they watched
mine
and connected / disconnected your hand
upon my thigh
and then was someone else’s for a time
and then another time
was mine
It was; this is the way it was - and I remember:
not because I have no choice
but to remember
but because I choose
not to
forget;
not
because the sky was bruised;
not
because the truth was warming;
and not because I cannot change
my mind; as I
can change; my touch
can change; my eyes
can change; my love,
my love.