when we were seated
there was you
and
sedimentary timelessness
with a wash of luminosity
whispered accord
and approving glances
as at
the arrival of
electric lamp light
on ancient streets
at the corners of our ancestry
and i believed thereafter
you and i belonged
as if in a tapestry
synthesized metaphysically
framed indestructibly
and
it has lasted
in framed
memorized
tuned heartbeat
and shall do
        forever

First published in “Love Story Volume 1”
by Elephant House Press, 2019