Into the Woods

A flicker of light
Tracing a silhouette of you
Against the sparkling night sky

Sadness, yes sadness
But not just that

Vastness, like the cosmos
Stillness, like the core of a Redwood
Love, rich and deep like…
Everything

A flicker of light tracing
The wholeness of you
Onto the wholeness of me
Beautifully together and
Lovingly apart

Hands touching
In the quietest
Breath of night

Without words
We step out
Into the woods.