Like Air
Like air
we float kite words
fragile signals
and hearts flap
purple wings
Like air
my struggling lungs
seize you
gasp relief
release long-held breaths
desire
expanding
capacity unknown
welcoming gulps
of future
Like air
I need clarity
shot through with sunlight
invisibly to buoy me
towards an idea called
us
My dreams
are mostly silent
Does something
besides distance
obscure us?
Like air
intimacy should be a right
for now
it is only a promise
Like air
you travel my blood's hungry stream
to every limb
this is how
for now
we touch
Copyright Credit: Laura Hershey, "Like Air" from Laura Hershey: On the Life & Work of an American Master. Copyright © 2019 by Laura Hershey. Reprinted by permission of The Estate of Laura Hershey.
Source: Laura Hershey: On the Life & Work of an American Master, 2019