Longing Across the Body

Longing Across the Body

You and I

you (lover

of unknownness)

and I (seeker

of unreality)

move with terrible

longing

across the body

we smell the soggy

subterranean laughter

of the unworld

and must ride (with the dark

necessity of being)

toward the loose

luminosity of death

and life—that strange child

wandering on our shoulders,

chewing its youth

in our ears,

loves us down

into memory

you and I

you (unknown

lover)

and I (unreal

seeker)

will meet and move,

ride and return

 © J. William Miller 2005