Mirror

we  are  standing  
bare  
skin  on  skin  
the  night  thick  around  us  

our  shadows  move  
dancing    
slowly
like  they’ve done  this  before  

you  press  against  me  
I  wrap  my  arms  around  you    
your  breath  stirs  the  air  
warm  
like something  half-whispered  
half-forgotten  

you  lift  the  camera  
click  
click  
the  flash  stings  
a  split-second  of  daylight  
before  the  dark  folds  back  in  

our  lips  meet  
soft  
then  not  
like  waves  that  don’t ask  permission  
before  they  crash  
again  
again  

the  mirror  watches  
silently  
or  maybe  not  
maybe  it  holds  its  breath    
with  us  
keeps  our  reflection  
like  a  secret  
it  won’t  ever  tell  

we  are  here  
now  
just  for  now  
just  long  enough  
to  make  a  poem  
the camera  
can’t  quite  catch