Star-crossed.
Neither friends nor lovers.
Fate’s dark water.
From what were we chosen
to know our brothers and sisters.
Those who come to us
and go away from us.
I love you without regret.
The genius of love.
And prodigal you left,
and prodigal came back.
As in a single hour,
the dim color of the world returned.
I heard your voice above the crowd,
your eyes became sky again.
I heard sounds that crackled,
scampered, shore sounding.
My fingers felt granite,
the softness of willow,
and a highway rushed
through the house
with your soul inside it.
My brother as he always was,
old things behind us.