asymptote
she takes inventory
compares their separate aspects
at variance on each blueprint, each map
of relationship
she is liquid, he is cast
she is rain, he is glass
each point of difference considered
tends to infinity
convergence, as it occurs
is the swift belly-slap of opposites
magnetic north to south, charge varying
with the distance squared
through the frisson of stray molecules
their most intimate distance can be
measured from the arch of his back
to the curve of her cheek
from the bow of his arm
to the slope of her hips
arcing toward point of origin
they reach, almost touch
© Annabelle Jane Murray