We'll always have tea

Clear blue eyes fixed on pink unmoving lips

A heavy silence suspended in the air between

Punctuated by the gentle clink of metal on china

One mouth moves. Two eyes avert

Lips slowly parted by a tumbling torrent

Tripping over and over in unseemly haste

Fear expressed in silence and in words

Hope acknowledged, deferred, suppressed, grasped

Half thoughts. Half mooted

Half suggestions. Half swallowed

A step away, toward, together, apart
A silent dance moved by a mutual beat

A spark that ignited in an instant
An unbidden collision of time and words, hearts and souls
Smiles shared. Hearts touched

Dreams given wings to rise and fly

The flame burns, wavers, dips
Rises to shine with incandescent light
Then finally yields to the breath from the lips
That exhale with the words
Enough now