The length of this lifetime is short and sweet <br />like a ruffle of ink into the sea, <br />a mindlessly beautiful winding sheet <br />that spirals like silk deep inside of me. <br /> <br />I fell from your lips into the abyss <br />tortured by hunger for more of the same <br />nourished by ghosts of your immortal kiss <br />that weep in my heart when I call your name. <br /> <br />I drift like mist into that sacred place <br />and anchor in silence, flowering deep, <br />bone-deep in the memory of your face <br />on the wingspan of hope that haunts my sleep. <br /> <br />The world unrolls in a carpet of night, <br />and a shower of stars rains in my hands. <br />I fade into the breath of sheer moonlight <br />dancing like a god over desert sands. <br /> <br />The length of this lifetime is but a breath, <br />a breath in the moments of loving you; <br />and I’ve tasted such sweetness that my death <br />will spark like the sun on a stem of blue.<br /><br />Linda Marie Van Tassell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-length-of-this-lifetime/
