enveloped in arms and legs
individual bodies indistinguishable
    in an entanglement of limbs
that is Us

and then
    Reality

his heart carefully removed
and placed on the bedside table
what is this detachment

no Us
just being alone
    together
occasionally tapping
into the other's sexual frustration

aching for love
wanting the loving

needing so badly you can taste it
like the coppery blood on your tongue
as you lick your wounds

where is this Us
how can I get it

I want the happily ever after
    together forever
or at least to be satisfied with that friendship
    that has more

questioning cut it here
being alone again but healing

torn

alone
or this