Multitudes
(for Anaïs and Marina)
One should start with your eyes
when describing you.
Jeweled pools for our looking
and seeing.
Moon and stars
for our journeys with and without you.
Lock and key opening
the mitre gates
to amorous dreams.
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Now your eyes are the eyes
of our children
who never made it
(because love is never easy)
laughing and crying
in the summer rain
Swimming naked in our lakes
and in our rivers.