He  and  She

Don Hynes  February 2, 2019

The stone does not move

nor the wave break,

the earth quiet;

no trembling

in the bare branches

or nested roots.

Wolf stands watch,

whale pauses in the deep

and into the heart

comes the still presence

of the long forgotten.

Strangers among the people,

wanderers without home

yet in this aura of silence

he and she are come.