lovers rush effervescent, body-astonished desires merge, stream towards the precipice
hearts carved from bedrock erode over time
promises made splay against the cliffs.
disheveled gravity plots a new trajectory
lovers wonder where wonder went
cascading over the edge, passions spent, needs unmet, wants undone
cataracting plumes fall free from holy high to abyss, all dissolved in a mist, streams of consciousness of memories diverge
once we loved -- none like us -- what we felt
before we plunged