12-22 Thoughts On A Dance

home,
as you are,
with me,
touch and laughter,
breaths dancing between,
home,
as you were,
still remembered,
the timbre of your touch,
the almost controlled laughter,
the breaths that never happened,
dancing between,
home,
as we are,
with you,
touching absent,
echoes of your laughter,
counting the breaths between,
dancing alone,
home,
as I were.