Ohio

Time is trapped
In a perpetual forever
Each day melting into night
And into day
In dances of 1/2 shadows
Passing over & around us
We, locked in our own
Moment, not knowing
Start or end
Past or future
Holding the eternal now
As we hold each other
Not desperate
For "desperate" speaks
Of something on the edge
Of nothing, but we
Have everything
Locked in perpetual forever
Twining finger to finger
Hand to hand
Lips to lips, soul to soul
And mind to mind
Memory to this moment
And this moment for all time
Which is trapped here
In our lines
And winds us
Closer than together
And as far away
As two sides of the moon.

- Jen 04-11-98