Two Hearts

In times of decency and formality,
in moments where to touch is too much,
they stand a polite distance apart,
sharing only glances.
But once on their own,
and the faintest breath of freedom is tasted,
the gap is closed,
they stand close and hand in hand.
The magic of two hearts,
the creation of a new world.
Though our world still about them turns,
and crowds pass them by,
the change has been wrought.
People fade into the scenery,
but a moving and flowing landscape.
Trees wave and bend to give shade just for them,
every plant a joyful onlooker.
And when they stop to sit and rest,
leaning on each other in trust and comfort,
reality becomes Dreamland,
Time and Eternity pass each other by with a smile and a nod.
Two hearts forging a world of wonder.
And when the time to part comes down upon them,
the two hearts give each other the knowing glance:
they can come back to it,
the world they had just created,
and it is theirs and theirs alone.