on the cusp of dreams 

passing whispered notes of Iloveyous

we pretend there is nothing

keeping us apart

 

but a wall of glass separates us

 

pressing palms against its surface

our hands mirror a broken embrace

 

fingertips trace corrugated waves
across our reflections

 

sunset casts rainbow fractals

blurring our faces,

each wavelength a mirror

echoing our image around in circles,

wrapping our glass in technicolor ribbons

we tie over in knots pulled taut

by our resistance to let go

of their fraying ends,

in the same way we refuse 

to collapse our memories

 

our light shatters the glass,

unraveling it into shards 

scattered around our feet

 

rainbow fractals shine upward, 

our reflection sparkling like stars

inside their light spread out beneath us 

 

the gentleness in your eyes

no longer lost behind

shimmery gloss of my own

 

our palms pressed together

your skin warm beneath my touch