Stillness

We moved together like waves

And then

I filled with limpid stillness

Though I could feel

the responsive column

through the depth of it

How any perturbation

would touch all of it

Nothing was moving

It was weightless, blessed

And I held it there

Nestled in your arms

for as long as the moment

of inertia

In the balance

of utter security

In the settled peace

of two.

©Wendy Mulhern

October 12, 2012