A Triptych

James Long
Feb 24, 2022
1 min read

If pressed, I could not say

Truly

The sun rises in the east

It shines through the gates of your lips

Silent prayers against your skin

Shekinah

Holy temple of my love

An undertow, beneath your words

A mantra

Not yet, not now,

Not You

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