I paused mid-kiss
To look you in the eyes
You asked me what,
But you knew what.
You knew that somewhere…
A star had imploded
Mountains had moved
A first breath had been taken
The earth had shaken
A tree had fallen and made no sound
Birds had sung hymns
The wind had blown whispers of wildflowers
Soft as your fingertips tracing my arm
You knew
That somewhere in the infinity of your irises
Implausibly intricate
Strands of dawn-dewy webs
Were being woven
Between your soul and mine
But all you could manage was
“What?”
And all I could do was smile.