Wild

I see the wild in your eyes

The deep soul in you

Swimming in pools of indigo blue

Like a dark ocean just before the dawn

Glistening

Here inside my head

Whispering breath of wind

Draws me closer and closer to the wild

I lost touch with as a child

The agony of the loss that dogged me

Fifty long years

Suddenly disappears

When I feel this rush

And as you gaze at me with

Animal eyes so wild

I become yet again

Supple

Tender

With the heart of a child

That loves and aches

And dances and cries

Without ever needing to ask

The question

Why?