His hair bronze in the early sunlight
and features distant through the cobwebs of my smoke.
I whisper his name in my mind
or perhaps what his name may be.
I could be callous
demanding he attend me.
I dare not taint what we do not share
with trivial things - desire.
I know him - the whole of him
the vastness that he occupies
neither the shape nor specifics concern me
there is freedom in my fantasy.

The sun continues rising
and he goes on, beyond me
and us
and everything that could have been.