Ours is a tango
A back and forth frisson
Of two magnetic energies
Who yearn for connection
But haven’t yet learned How to meet

Solitary creatures of habit
Tentatively touching antennae
We send out tendrils of exploration
Like snail stalks curiously brimming
Tasting the change in our atmospheres

We move in orbital paths
Circling slow, instinctively
Testing for friend or foe
A dance of stops and starts
I move closer … You pull away
You come near … This time I retreat
The pattern of our feet
Beating the manifesto rhythm
Of our scarred hearts

We keep the faith
But can we Keep it together
Or would that rock our courses
From their place
Among the stars?

You shine…
I am a mere reflection
But a moment in your grace
Can light the dark inside of me
For this space
Of borrowed time,
This pause
In my
Nocturnal
Arc.