For Eternity

I ache with love sometimes
for music,
touch,
nourishment;
and I long to know
the source of
the lack of longing and aching.
I need to be by the water
to cool the heat of the longing
so it can better withstand
a body’s temperature
and distill the moment
the one just before the ache is realized
to capture it
with a thought
or with a pen,
for eternity

– “for eternity,“ July 2000