The Poem Factory

Space

If we had all the water in the ocean
And all the stars up in the sky
Still our love would fill
The empty heavens
The barren plains would amplify
The whoosh and swell
Of hearts’ fire rushing in
To lift us whirling turning
Swirling in the maelstrom
Dancing with the wind
Unpinned from what
had gone before this flood
swept in and pulled us
both away from Then

You said stay. Oh stay!
You traced the contours of my face
With your warm hand
And made a space for me to fill
With you and I and us
To hold all the water in the ocean
And all the stars up in the sky