– The Edge of Vigilance –
As we approach the edge
of everything that we hold in safety,
we stand united by that fear and bravery.
Skin to skin beneath the warm water
falling from a shared shower,
fears hidden like tears in the rain.
I have never felt safer,
yet I have never been more afraid.
I keep my nights at work
in this endless vigil over you,
for fear of stumbling
into my own arrant slumber.
I walk within your dreams,
within the dreams of millions,
where the voices of the many may outweigh
the most painful singularity of my inner self.