Shazaam

Could love like this
Be possible?
Be lasting?
When reality brings our feet
To the hard earth beneath,
Will we still breathe with sighs
Of longing, with pauses
Of anticipation, with exhales
Of relief?

When everything falls away,
When mistakes are made,
And our walk together falters;
When I fall and you rise,
When I trip, and you crawl,
When I am lost, and so are you,
Will we find our way back?
Will we still continue hand in hand?

Are we possible? Are we real?
In a space where there is no fate,
No soul mates, no destinies.
Can we survive? Can we breathe?
In this life, in the next,
Will you wait for me?
Will you choose me, over and over,
And over again?

And beyond these bodies,
Beyond pleasures and beyond pain,
Can we breathe? Can we breathe?
The way we do, can you keep me alive,
Can you keep me,
If I keep you?

-Noemi Garcia Rigsby