THE BODY DOESN’T LIE
How could you
have left without me?
Our bodies merged
wherever they could—
in my car, in the woods
and under the stars.
The immediacy
of your presence and,
the balm of your touch
healed my lonely body.
Now that you are gone,
only your beady eyes
peering at me through
leaves of a tree outside
our window, make sure
I’m not too lonely without you.