she held me to her
both of us amazed
aching
spent
(she was a
pretty girl
though i couldn't know it at the time)
no longer one
yet never (to be) quite not
both of us frightened
me
not knowing why
her knowing too much why
and i yearned loudly
for things
while she prayed
(secret prayers)
for
not things
she held me to her
(trying to stop time
with naught but her
heart)
