…in each other

My beloved
I can hear you
calling to me
from ancient times
candles burning
all the way
carving a path of light
that I might find you

no matter where
I have strayed
you have always
been my love
I have caught
your dreams
and you
have captured mine
as they have come
cascading down to you

the flames of love
are still burning
like a funeral pyre
turning the last
of our old selves
to ashes
now all that remains
deeply buried
amongst the embers
of our past
is you, my beloved
and me

both forever lost
in the abyss
of each other’s heart
both forever drifting
in fathomless depths
that will endure
eternally
© Ann Bagnall