Reunion Words

Sweet reunions

find our hands

searching

for skin

thats been

away

for far too long

far too strong

a pull to resist,

this ache

signals caution

but these

absent years insist

and we find

that we

are old

friends

laughing

with our eyes

at inside

jokes

only we

can ever

really know

and we dance

slowly, quickly,

quickly, slowly,

solely to the beating

of hearts

and the panting

of quickened breaths

it is

the truth

we’ve held out for

all the years

it is the joy

that makes up for

all the tears

and our hands,

and eyes,

and lips,

and want,

never tires

we are catching up

on days, and nights,

and ups, and downs,

and now

we have all the time

we need

to have our fill

of hands

and whispers

on skin

thats been waiting

far too long

for this sweet reunion