River’s ache

You indulged my river hungry body
Extended arms along the park bench 
in symmetry 

Unwrapping regalos, 
Small expressions to commemorate us; 
What’s burgeoning  

Parting lips, 
Softest wisps sinking  
Warmth flushing 

With gentleness
Through my reluctant, fearful tension
Into spacious tenderness 

Patient and safe, 
Steady and fierce;
The longing deepens 

Embedded, permeating 
Under streetlights 
Denying impending flights 

Entering a fleeting 
Moment, so new and fluid and 
Glowing  

Ash leaves tinged with yellow 
Summer turning fallow 
This severing 

Or rather, elongating, of our connection,
May it lead to the fullness we’re 
Aching for.