blanket
i’ll add a log to the fire
you’ll spread out a blanket
we’ll lie together across the years
and keep learning each other
you’ll sip your wine
i’ll drink you in
in another life we’ve been sprawled
for decades in front of fires
i’ll close my eyes
you’ll trace my skin
see me with the tips of your fingers
walk back the ages to youthful love
you’ll take my hand
i’ll touch your lips
one kiss before this fire transports us
to a new life, without complications
to space that is ours
one kiss while the wood is crackling
to morning routines and time to be
to a slower pace than the world around us
one kiss as the snow eases down
through a past with no regrets
and full of joy for our discovery
a beautiful bend in our old roads
a chance to begin with real love
one kiss
on one blanket
between two souls
turns two lives
into one