chemistry

chemistry is the irreducible minimum,
   my dear...

the discovery of the center of your vibrant
   earth, the distance to your technicolor
   moon, the electric force that makes your
   insides
glow.

the Meaning of Life is
   the gasp between the heartbeats
   the minutes and seconds missing on the
   clock
   the days that disappear like dewy
dreams.

all else is numb imagination.

how can we live without
   eternity in our chests?
   without the touch that turns the heart
   to gold and the lips to
fire?

please, God, let my
   body be the answer to her
   prayers, & her body be the end of all my
yearning.

let our minds & souls
   rejoice in fleshy
clay.

& may our breathless loving
   make your heavens
smile.