We lock the gaze tightly upon each othernNo others come near, no others come betweennAs you remain beside me muted and studyingnnIn beauty and radiant heatnI will write the words I want to hear you saynOn a page torn from my diarynI'll hand you the sacred text and wait for you to place itnnAcross the hole in my heart, smoothing the edges from the centernAffixing it in place with sugar water and salivanI want you to read these words to me every daynnAnd this is where the thought residesnStuck upon my heart, on the outsidenI am speechless in your beauty, you are flawless in my eyesnAs your eyes show my reflectionnnI try to ignore the decay and listen harder to the tonenThe pitch of your broad chest as it exhales into minenOld highs, new lows. Ain't that how life goes.