Tomorrow, last year

tomorrow, last year
your voice thawed
my still heart

a breath held for
a lifetime was released
into what I said

and tomorrow, last year
you reached through
the veil to touch me

to waken what had
overslept deep within
my soul's lonely bed

our hearts recognized
what our eyes could not

they heard what our ears
dismissed and discerned
what our lips failed to explain

tomorrow, last year
stripped away the
shields we held

little safety we
wielded to bear the
pain of the past

for tomorrow, last year
we didn't need
shelter from the rain

the refuge we had
sought we had found
in each other at last