Song of Our Souls

Your messages
found me
as I leaned back
on my chair

An odd feeling
had settled in you
as my messages
grew shorter
signed off
with a single letter

Like a playful tease,
a stealthy longing—
it made you overthink

Your seasoned heart
whispered to you—
“I could be exposed”

On my chair
I leaned forward—
I read, then reread
your words
over and over

Something touched me—
was it you
or your words?

Song of our souls—
our delicate sides
your morning kookaburras
sang to you
from the dreaming
that morning