Two Hearts, One Soul
Two Hearts, One Soul I think our souls have magnets on opposite poles, Inexorably drawn together, and I remember the first tug I felt, Hidden behind a Palmetto tree while you chased the scavenger’s clues, Stripped off your clothes and plunged to the bottom of Sea Mist’s murky pool. Did you feel the tug too, the night we moved in time to the music, Close enough to feel my heart? One thing led to another and we were High on Mount Graybeard, and after darkness fell, the rain came heavy, You stretched out your tarp, shielding my hammock to keep me dry, A little Ruth and Boaz there, the other way ‘round. Your pack was full of mysteries, even more so, your life. An aura I couldn’t penetrate enchanted me; Your stories told, a layer here, a layer there, Peeling back to reveal flashes of your heart, I drug my chair a little nearer, always wanting more. We were discovering a sacred place of safety together, Unneeded masks lay unheeded, tossed aside. Years would pass, mil...
