It is only his hand
running down the length of my arm,
and my stomach flutters, swoops,
and detaches from me.

It is only his eyes
staring into mine,
and I feel the infinteness of time,
love, desire.

How much meaning can pass
in a touch, a look?
In his arms and in his eyes it is
the meaning of my life,
my place in this world,
my destiny and my future.

What, then, is the weight
of my lifetime?
Only as heavy
as the fingers that lightly trail
down the length of my arm.

Image Copyright DC Comics 1979
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