and still

when only for a moment
you looked away
from here
some fragile breath
(a shooting star)
and everything was clear
the choice to be
renewed to life
returned again to fate
from one
the two becoming
what neither could forsake

I saw it then
as lightning fell
(in blossoms) to the earth
a promise for returning
from seeds of death
rebirth
without the signs to warn us
what would come of gardens grew
understanding (left behind
to lives) we never knew

but came instead
another chance -
the will to be once more
to walk in skins (no longer fit)
along familiar shores
born unto
for nothing less
than to know of love (we made)
nursed inside a locket
weaved of light -
a silken braid

in strands of everafter
are times before (we know)
love survived
(as we believed)
to this immortal soul