"The Stranger"

You
long dark silken hair
against my fingers
ember dark eyes
burning into mine

She
long dark hair
like silk falling into my face
black eyes
embers that sear my soul with their fire

You/she
the same it seems

a dance as fast as my heart
beating in my chest
a bird against its gilded bars

and she has me
and you take me
a wildness in both
calling my timid soul
starting the spark into an inferno

and it is done
the song ends

off the dance floor
you look at me
her eyes
and I realize

you are her
and you are here now
in my arms

death cannot separate
a love that we fought
even as it held us
tied us together

eternally
a true love knot
our souls
entwined

we belong together