One fateful moment in space

The sonic wave caught a common thread

Two tired travelers, grateful to discover

In a like-minded other

The desired understanding embrace

Rich as the earth in girth and length

Helping hands to shed old clothes

Worn by cracks in our hibernating souls

Weaknesses we knew as dread

Mother's milk to hungry buzzards

Gulping the honey from our hems

Moments of mourning the past

For us, and for them

Decades lost we won't recover

Cosmic ponderings head-to-head

Feral passions spawning music

From our separate beds

At last,

 Destiny guides the planets into place

As we break through and rise

Hand in hand

 And strength on strength

                                          ©2008 Jacqueline Leonardo