FINALLY WEIGHTLESS
Unburdened of myself
at last
I discover your orbit
and float in tighter circles
around the warmth of this risen skin
between us,
closer and closer until we touch
undiscovered days and hold them,
rising and setting,
un-calendared between heaven and earth—
certain of both,
afraid of neither—
love freeing us from all gravity
as we swallow the Milky Way together
and wonder how far the speed of our new shared light will take
this finally answered prayer,
determined to find the weight of those
surrounded by something darker than this night
and carry them
as we, ourselves, were shouldered by those
who brought us to this understanding:
we go only as far as those we bring with us.
Ken Woodley 