Our Souls Stay

Every night around this time

I get settled in for our phone call

I imagine your voice in my ear

Everything you say

I touch myself

I try to match the way you touch me

As closely as I can

Your timing and sensitivity

Delicate and firm

I even speak your words in my deepest voice

I say my name and I love you

I try to match the way you say it

As closely as I can

Every night around this time

I enter our room of devotion

Our room is tethered to a cloud that never leaves

And perched on a telephone pole somewhere between you and me

We climb into our room through the heart

We light a candle and kiss for hours

And in the morning we send our bodies down to Earth

While our souls stay

They always stay

They get to do whatever they want