when we orbited each other
close and whirling in
space and time
we lived a forever for
every breath I take today
as I imagine my body
creating an internal void so
immense pressure outside
of this organism
pushes air into me
until I push it out again in
this pursuit of homeostasis
that we call life
but to finally achieve equilibrium
we call death
a shiver as winter winds attend autumn,
the familiarity of chords in a new song,
and I wonder if each breath I take today,
and every forever we felt then,
are the same pull and push of energy,
the same forces of our matter, just
viewed from different vantage points:
We are always yours, mine, then, now, and
never.
melissa suarez
melissa 