Building a monument

A late night
Under a starry sky
And a long boat ride later

Warmth and darkness welcomed us
Into the melting of bodies
And the melting away of words.

I may never forget you, wordless night
And the depths touched in me

— Through a slow, spiral dance,
Through conversation held in silence,
Through the shared, velvety darkness.

And may this depth form
Our testament to love;
Until we erect the next one,

Built yet again,
From a different darkness,
A different silence.

Yet again,
Ephemeral
And ever lasting.