Towards

We bared our vital organs in turn
Then, with fear, we covered them,
Fragile
As in a slow dance
As in a death played in slow motion

I thought I knew you
After so many baring
And coverings with me
When, suddenly, I caught sight of you

I thought I still could
I still can, I still can
Run
I can't anymore, I can't anymore
From you
Something, something
More than the flesh
More than the marrow
More than the air
Of the drowning one
It ripped us in two
And then it glued us together
But wrongly
Back in place

Since then you walked
Shod with me
While I was rowing
Through translucent veins
Through silts of light
Towards the heart's delta.

Anca Stanciu