Never

Nothing could keep us together
Not time
nor love
nor money
nor chains

For every moment
we offered each other
we eagerly bought
with tender pain
We would cling tightly
in the pouring rain
unveiling our
secret insecurities
groping each other
for naked intimacies
demanding satisfaction
for our mutual dependencies...

But before
the storm abates
the sighs refrain
Before even
it all evaporates
from our burning skins
in whispery coils
- the cleaving of two kindred souls
that was as simple as
a knowing nod
a strained smile
and we'd become
strangers once again.

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