The Little Things Last

There is no circuit to be found knuckle deep
In my throat. Ion differential
Thunder-crack caged in endless
Loop of devotion. What impels that flow?

Not the potential energy of lust 
As torrents scream downhill
Pushing my being into a concentrated knot
At the heart of my pelvis

But the circlet of your arms — electric
Crown of small moments in parallel;
Working into tandem to feed that pulse
Unending. The quiet work of love.

 

© Helen Robertson