Finally, there you were 
across the train platform 
Your blue eyes smiling into mine
Two lives evolving 
for an eternity 
As if in a dream
closer and closer 
Our secret souls journeyed 
In the labyrinth of time 
Cold concrete and white tile 
Blossomed into 
orchards of orchids 
Your soul reached out 
and caressed my lavender hair 
I felt gentled and tugged 
by an ancient remembrance 
Two pieces of a puzzle 
Missing, then- 
Interlaced in a hug 
I inhaled papaya and peace 
I awoke in a bed of brass 
And there you were 
Golden sheets sliding 
across our silken breasts 
Your blue eyes smiling into mine 
Watching rose petals floating in 
crystal bowls 
Red velvet boats 
And melted candles glowing 
in the dawning light 
Shadows loomed outside our door 
Pounding and calling our names 
You drank my tears 
And I stroked your face 
The black vapor of paralyzing fear 
Amalgamated into anger 
Eyes smiling 
You threw open the bolted door 
And invited trouble in 
Naked and proud 
We supped with the devil 
and fattened him with bitter ambrosia 
We trussed his paws with 
webs of flowers 
flowing from our fingertips
Alone and adrift in our entanglements 
We nearly lost each other 
in the embryonic seas of our lives
And then you were there 
In an orchard of orchids 
Under the canopy of heaven 
Your blue eyes smiling into mine 
I lay my head against your 
heart beating eternally 
In rhythm with the cadence of time 
And you stroked my lavender hair