Just Friends

[brigid]

Did I want you or
Did I want to be you
Storm of a woman
Thunder and lightning and
Dark clouds and after
The sun
You with a response to everyone
Tongue sharp but
Soft for me
Those lips your lips
I hung on them, on your words
On the soft of you, the strength of you
What if I had seen
The question in your eyes?
What if I had seen
Myself in your eyes?
What if we had made a world
Free
Of parents and priests
No judgment, no sin
Just joy as we
Rose into the sky
Hand in hand
Washed by rain