The last time I saw you

Your face was full of golden light,

Something between flame and the richness of flesh.

You were yourself again, wholly yourself.

And oh, to find you again and resume

Our understanding we had worked so long to reach—

You calm and luminant and rich in thought!

This time it seemed we said but “yes” or “no”—

That was enough; we smoked together

And drank a glass of wine and watched