Importunata

We study each other
a whispered kiss apart, 
with eyes hard-glazed
like cats: yours an amber
tiger's pounce soft landing
upon fluffed pillows beneath 
my lower kids, to tease
the billows left from 
unrequited sleep;
while I skittish glance
through laced curtains 
of fanning lashes, to dance
butterflies upon your
darkened brow.

How are we, conjoined twins
at the hips, heart and
mundane habits, even 
the hypnotic trance in
depth of dreams - to deny 
an unspoken pact of 
duo dependency, one 
fragile house of cards
sharp leant against the other
to hone a hearth, a home
as welded wanderers, 
attached aliens 
through this hostile land?

Do not unlace your fingers
from mine; untwine our 
flamingo necks about the other,
or disentangle from the
tango of our burning dance.
Walk not from me to set
solitary footprints in some
sultry desert sands, as mine 
are bound to follow, in vain.
For poor navigator am I
by moonlight, sure to lose
my way when my sun has
sudden sunk from view, and
blinded by desolation, I am
cold plunged into forever 
winter's black.