Embryonic Love Poem by Mark Heathcote

It started when you said hello
slowly icebergs collided
clinked together sort of slow
it was a friendship unrequited
that led to love poles apart.
I recall that first-attraction
how face to face, my own heart
entered a liquefaction
crossed an ocean to be with you
though at times, things were sluggish
we both instinctively knew
each own other's shortcomings
could be a land base to begin
to build and grow from one hello,
our relationship grew therein
like two in one placenta, one embryo.