awash like her tears

Beneath the sky our love lingers
Warm like the dust in the air
The taste of wine on her lips
Her eyes like shadows in the night
And then the calm when I turn and go
Falling down like rain in the darkness
Awash like her tears
Reaching up as flowers reach for the sun
So much of me is there
In the strain she exerts with her arms in the air
The pressure of her foot against the sand
Pushing off as she runs
She too is in me
In every breath I fight to draw down into my chest
The movements of my muscles
Words that pour from my mouth
And the stillness inside my mind