BACK TO BACK

here we find
an island of lost love

typical
single palm tree
distinctly cartoonish

two in fact
back to back

this is yours
that is mine

we no longer really
express concern or
curiosity

even think
of swimming the distance

after decades
of messages in bottles
seductive gestures, crude
gesticulations,
blowing kisses

waving
at each other
hoping
and praying

in our heads it has all
become too distant, we
are too far away

for anything
in our
former expressions of
stubborn desire

to make
a difference
,

Published by Damian Garside