mayhavebeens

A universe away, there’s a girl sitting in my place
The same and not the same
She too has your weight in her lap
Le satyre on her mind
A universe away, she is
A tad bolder, a bit wilder
A universe away, our touches grow more daring

Among the talk of frontiers
We look for our own, between a rib and
Collarbone
Rangers of rocky mountains dying in the first frost
My fingers journeying towards hidden valleys
Of your body
A universe away, there’s a girl sitting in my place
A magpie, deshabillé, she beckons and
Abandoning the talk of grand explorers
Takes off with you to her nest
A realm of rooftops and possibilities

Keen to make private discoveries on her own
As you unravel, a new world
Before her hungry eyes

A universe away, they lay,
exhausted and radiant
Having just finished their coupling
As we quietly walk out the lecture room