Airs and Angels: This Night Only

Moonlight now---on Malibu
The winter night---the few stars
Far away--- millions--- of miles
The sea going---on---and on
Forever--- around--- the earth
Far--- and---far--- as your lips---are near
Filled--- with the same light--- as your eyes
Darling--- darling---darling
The future---is long gone by
And the past---will never happen
We have---only this
Our one forever
So small---so infinite
So brief---so vast
Immortal-----as our hands that touch
Deathless----as the firelit wine we drink
Almighty----- as this single kiss
That has no beginning
That will never
Never
End


By Kenneth Rexroth