Love Song

His body was near me, Blanketing me in its warmth.

"Are you there?" he asked,

And I answered "Yes."

In the darkness his hand

Reached out, touching mine,

And they clasped.

"I thought you'd gone," he said;

And I said nothing, but

Lay, and held my breath,

And wondered who he was.

Victor J. Banis

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