Replacement

I can't lie to myself.
I may hold hands,
but those won't send jolts
Of electricity and love
As does your touch..

I may seek quaint solace
in husky, grainy, deep voices
But none will have
your tender innocence
when calling my name

Hug I may many
Some taller, some shorter
But none can hug me
And take me to a safe place
Like you do

Who am I fooling here?
It's you. Always you.
Standing out of the crowds
Countries away
Yet deep within, a part of me

Strangers. Friends. Lovers.
More than the last day.
Moments. Meets. Memories.
More and then some more
Turn back and look darling!

A decade of distance
Of time and space and mind
With glorious pauses within
No, there's no replacement
Of you and me and we..
Of you and me and we!

The Secret-keeper

You come in wordlessly
Seek my hand
Barely a whisper
Yet I understand

We build a secret
Hidden away from all
Wondering within whether
They'll figure it all

Intentionally avoided glances
Carefully plucked words
Our ears keep guaging
Songs of little birds

The curtains fold
The lights be dim
As ideas exchange
Words be abrim

We lock in here
Our scarlet blood secret
Our follies, our fears,
Our deeds of regret

We build a shelter
To hide from ourselves
From our bitter past
And our grim, dreadful delves

We collude somehow as
The world cuts us deeper
Did I just quicken you pulse,
O my secret keeper?!