Two Bodies

Tamara de Lempicka

Idyll

Two Bodies

Two bodies face to face

Are at times two waves

And the night, an ocean.

Two bodies face to face

Are at times two stones

And the night, a desert.

Two bodies face to face
Are at times two roots
Laced into night.

Two bodies face to face

Are at times two knives

And the night strikes sparks.

Two bodies face to face

Are two stars falling

In an empty sky.

~ Octavio Paz ~