Suddenly, announcing love,
I touch this life in me,
This truth, this soon to be
Solid, this life awaiting me,
And I shall meet him there
Where there is no moon,
No stars but faces worn
With vigil and concern,
Masklike and heaving
Under artificial light.
There will be no sleep,
No twilight calm, no pain,
No syllables but pure primal
Rhythmic knowing, an urgent
Forward flow, a powerful arched
Wave, love, rhythm, leaves
Opening, opening.
The whiplash of love,
An arched flight of utterance
Common, hieratic, and he comes!
Aghast at too many faces
(we should have been alone
This first first meeting).
New ties: already, he is a lover.
I touch this life in me,
This truth, this soon to be
Solid, this life awaiting me,
And I shall meet him there
Where there is no moon,
No stars but faces worn
With vigil and concern,
Masklike and heaving
Under artificial light.
There will be no sleep,
No twilight calm, no pain,
No syllables but pure primal
Rhythmic knowing, an urgent
Forward flow, a powerful arched
Wave, love, rhythm, leaves
Opening, opening.
The whiplash of love,
An arched flight of utterance
Common, hieratic, and he comes!
Aghast at too many faces
(we should have been alone
This first first meeting).
New ties: already, he is a lover.
