Futures

for JM

Hold fast friends!
There are desires among us.
That will ring restless until they can breathe,
that will pry and be searched until they are found.

We have already begun to stomach the changes:
 a cleaner house
a necessary hug
another birthday
a poem

We danced together and I am not afraid.
Because we have spent our entire lives learning to become ourselves
and will spend our entire lives yet.
and I sometimes feel undernourished for how long that may be
but still, there is comfort there.