The Only Truth We Know

Words fall like hard rain, 
Soft snow, or fragrant leaves.
Measuring spoons of stillness 
Against each swallowed sound.
You become a sink 
With both taps running.
Above all words 
in the light of the lone moment; 
Where nary a force in the universe 
Can bring back a lost thought, 
The wind confides its loneliness, 
Whispering cold to each naked cheek.
Life’s flame, bending softly to the touch 
Of every thoughtful / thoughtless breeze. 
Like the first snow, we cling 
To every passing moment 
Warily, one by one, as weeks 
Roll heavy onward, 
Like ripples on the water, 
Footprints in the snow,
Or the fainter sound of a drum 
That beats inside the heart of us all;
Where our souls become each other,
And we remember 
The only truth we know:
That we were born to love.

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