shuttered light
striates melded skin,
they lie amazed;
an ocean passed
through them
tossed them beyond dark depths,
bore them on frothy waves,
landed them
on a distant shore….
now cloistered,
their bodies gravitate
seek each other,
fold together,
fold apart.
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