Found

We crossed that border, you and I,

and found an unfamiliar land.

There were no signposts, milestones, maps,

just empty roads, and you and me.

We walked in wordless silence;

we walked until the darkness came.

I could not see you as I stumbled

towards a grey, unquiet sleep.

*

I stared at brick walls when I woke:

the curtains drawn, the door left open.

There were no mirrors to be seen;

there were no pictures, only frames.

Your absence made my heart a stone,

ice-water ran inside my veins.

I wandered through that house for years;

and wondered where it was you’d gone.

*

I left that place and crossed a border;

I found my own familiar land.

My blood returned, my heart grew back:

I made a new house with my love.

We painted walls; made shining mirrors;

our stories lit up laughing rooms.

And when we saw our home was built,

we fell into each other’s arms.