By chris
Date: 2004 Aug 11
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the light in august

these two lives of ours
are just
right -
the one in which you
make beef stroganoff and garlic bread and gouda
cheese
and fresh strawberries
while i pass out on your leather sofa after
my first trip back
into the mountains
since it all came
crashing down
and wake
to you speaking low to your son
about the meaning of la luz -
the light -
and the sound of him crunching
blue corn chips
as the monsoon
clouds rumble
outside

and the other life too -
where
afterward
we step outside to be alone
and i run my fingers through your hair
losing myself as always in your brown
eyes
and we try
to fit in as many kisses as we can
as much passion
as many words as many promises
as we can make and keep
because this is no blind
leap
of faith
this is me
this is you
finally getting around
to nothing
less than what we were put on this earth to do