An Act of Expressing Recognition

I acknowledge you—you acknowledge

Me—we acknowledge ourselves here

In this present moment, and let us—

acknowledge all of our moments before—

They seem so far away gone—my

Memory fades, but my imagination

Remains—strong, your touch remains

Strong—each gentle caress lingers

On: this is a passion that reminds me

Of eternity—we acknowledge our

Promise to press onward into eternity

Where we will—shut our wild eyes

And we will form our own strange language—

Our own foreign lands—to delight in one another,

Framing ourselves within a structure solid

On our beautiful reality—there