And today I’ll allow myself
To savor you
To acknowledge
How your recent presence
In my obscure life
Gives me pause
I imagine a tomorrow
Different from today
Full of smiles and laughter
Tentative questions and honest answers
Beginnings and endings
Realizations revelations
Convergence of possibilities
Until we cannot escape
A fundamental truth
Cannot imagine any other world
Neither you nor me
Not you and me–
But us
Growing old
Under the gaze
Of billions of stars
Today I think I’ll allow myself
To feel human
Just this once
The Space Between Me and You 