Surfacing
half full
your words resonate
and ring reverberant
in my melancholy
half empty
has always been my perspective
finding safety
in my hollow solitude
seeing the world
refracted through my sorrow
a shattered heart
can no longer break
there is nothing to lose
for one who is without
but were your love
to flood my isolation
to drown me in passion
I would gladly
risk it all again
to swim up
to the light
to the warmth
break the surface
buoyant with bliss
wet with desire
to reach
in the throes of ecstasy
to encircle your gentle face
in a lover’s trembling hands
to draw new life’s breath
from your tender lips
offered soft
and open in rescue
in a soul-kiss of rebirth
~ ~ ~
rob kistner © 2012