carnival evening

my grandmother’s name was emily

i never imagined
    it cd be so easy
          to share my heart.

my heart in yr chest
    yrs in mine
          back & forth
                   back & forth
          as naturally
as breathing.

souls coming together
without conflicts or defenses
    glass partitions or
             security guards
                     confusions or
                            obligations
sharing through the same eyes.

we danced through
       the endless corridors of
                each moment
tip toed between light &
                shadow, hid
       behind stone pillars that
remember everything, giggled
                in front of the amazed
madonna & her happy
                                     child.

it all hugged together
          like clowns & princesses
                   daffodils & hillsides
                           the sky and the
hazy moon.                                                                                 

i wuz dizzy & happy &
         swirrrling around lamp posts
               whn i touched my lips to
                        yr cheek just to
                               anchor things
                                       somewhere.

it wuz the only honest way
          to end the dream.