Harmony

 

                                                    By Fabrice Poussin

It is a mysterious language hovering above the two

still as if at a loss for words, they read sounds

written upon the ether of the world they see.

 

A sign of a small pleasure like a tsunami

changes him in all his fibers to make him new

the scents of her breath dance before his eyes.

 

Caressing his brow with a delicate kiss

he lets her into the tale of his hours

her insides share in the passion of the day.

 

In the vacuum of eternal seconds they plunge

into the oceans of serene blues and greens

swimming to the recollection of a first contact.

They know not to speak, no sound exists

but for the symphony of a perpetual waltz

as two souls fuse in delightful harmony.

About the author: Poussin is a professor of French and World Literature. His work in poetry and photography has appeared in Kestrel, Symposium, The Chimes, and hundreds of other publications worldwide. Most recently, his collections In Absentia, and If I Had a Gun, Half Past Life were published in 2021, 2022, and 2023 by Silver Bow Publishing.