We stood in the center of cracked stone.
The years first snow fall hiding us behind
blankets of uncertainty and eager questions.
All was silent in our white world, our bodies
pressed in perfect solitude, trying hard to
fend off the chill of unexpected curiosities,
unfolding themselves in our hesitant kisses.
It wasn't until the warm wet of tears caressed
my cheek that I finally broke the embrace,
concern now mixed with a calm placidity.
You smiled bravely as you wiped away the
cascading droplets running rivers down your face.
I made as if to speak but your finger
was upon my lips in an instant,
silencing the words you did not need to hear.
A silent understanding filled my mind
and I nodded in slow approval of your need
for mere embrace, all settled into white memory
as the years first snow fall hid us away again.