We lock the gaze tightly upon each other    No others come near, no others come between    As you remain beside me muted and studying       In beauty and radiant heat    I will write the words I want to hear you say    On a page torn from my diary    I'll hand you the sacred text and wait for you to place it      Across the hole in my heart, smoothing the edges from the centre    Affixing it in place with sugar water and saliva    I want you to read these words to me every day       And this is where the thought resides    Stuck upon my heart - on the outside    I am speechless in your beauty, you are flawless in my eyes    As your eyes show my reflection       I try to ignore the decay and listen harder to the tone    The pitch of your broad chest as it exhales into mine   Old highs, new lows. Ain't that how life goes.