Only For Now

When I hear the words

Together we can

I don’t think about halting the oppression plaguing the world like bedbugs on our sheets

Or the tyranny grasping the souls of the innocent

When I listen to that phrase

I only hear you and me

Because boiling in my soul I know that together we can

Make each other’s hearts flutter

Like the vibrating wings of a hummingbird

And make our juvenile tongues stutter

And that’s fine, because the words spoken by our eyes are already heard

And that together

I won’t need to spend my time decaying in Sephora buying blush

Because when I’m beside you

My smile tingles

My emotions mingle

And I am in a whirlpool of waterfalls and bowling balls

Crashing through my chest

Because every moment with you is a rush

I know that together I would never feel lost

In this labyrinth of life

Because you would always be there

Devouring shadows and flicking on the light

Hidden in a crevice in my mind

One that gets lost in the darkness

One you always seem to find

I know that together

I’ll never feel foul or feeble

Or just plain senseless or wrong

Because when you speak

You say I’m beautiful: eyelashes thick, speech strong

Because your voice runs along

Through me like a symphony

A brilliant bird’s song

Rippling through my heart

Together we can.

But for now, we’re apart.