I forgot the existence of you
We were lost
And I clung, structure kept me up but my legs ached and my fingers were burnt by the sun I painted blue
But in that, I remembered again
There you stood
The beautiful flesh of your feet
Soaked by the oil of olives
And jasmine creeped through your toes
Amber seeped from your pores
So firm in you was the essence I’m to love
And not because of command
Because all I had to do was remember
We met before time framed expansions
Before corners boxed our union, branding the blocks as real
Remember the sight we surrendered?
As we bowed, foreheads kissing the soil and eyes closed, resting
Together we rose, below the blossoming buds
We spread our roots to feed, I give back that which I received from you
And when I forgot this
My veins pulsed with such force, too rapid for the void
Too fast for death to settle
In death, there is no judgement
In death, the flesh surrenders to where home began
In death we are woven
Rising to the saviour
That is we.