For My Husband

You are my constant, my breath, my comma I understand my world through you The slightest look and you unbend me I cannot sleep without your hands You have this stillness with which you save me Your quiet shadow - my symphony Your tears and laughter course through my body My refugee camp is in your hands So now our embers are just cool dust rocks Our wars and triumphs barely a pause We hide each other in all tomorrows As we let go of yesterdays A gentler wind now sways our bodies Your eyes still hold my universe The clock slows down and with its rhythm we swim to yet another bay