…across the breadth

We are now lost to one another
yet I feel as if I am still falling
falling deeper into you
the earth is shifting beneath my feet
and above, the sky is fading from blue to grey
my dreams are displaced and unreachable
as I return to the cradle of sleep
where I endlessly search for your whispers
in the dark depths and the trembling shallows
aching for us to be like two falling stars
for now it is our time to drift
ever higher upon the winds
the earth disappearing beneath our feet
the endless view scaling out in the distance
the pale moon hangs aloft
and the winds, although gentle, still tear at us
and like the doomed fading leaves
under the receding skies of autumn
the only protection from falling is transient
as once again we find ourselves
drifting on the waves of desire
with the ghosts of memories upon our lips
fire and ice quietly falling together
across the breadth
©Ann Bagnall