illumination

A Flash

then darkness
             and two voices searching
for matching souls,
                    tangible bodies
                  and a hand to hold.
Reaching out in the darkness
we meet hand in hand
               eye to eye
heartbeats matching heartbeats
            our faces meet
soft and plush and careful
and overjoyed  by
                                            electricity.
dancing through young veins,
illuminated by the night's dull cries

               we were among the stars in the sky.