Three and Five

New poems by Matthew Young


    7




    and it returns full circle
    in patterns unknown
    beneath a summer moon
    we found home
    in one another’s arms
    temporary and fleeing
    from the future
    with nothing but love
    for the past
    this is real
    for the moment and
    we can’t expect it to
    last
    as love like this isn’t
    meant to be contained
    like daffodils against a
    spring rain
    washed away back into
    the nothingness from
    which they came
    i listen to your voice
    set against the cool wind
    and feel the warmth of
    your skin against mine
    lovers for now
    holding out against
    time

4 months ago