Rose-Candy Poem by Eli Spivakovsky

rose-candy on our tongues
where did you go?
sparkle on my finger
where are you?
I saw you in an Atlantic dream
you had green eyes then, the colour of moss
now I do not see them
and the colour has drained from mine so I see yours as merely patina
where are you?
Gone, the colour of white
which has no colour
Gone, the colour of silver
which weeps with grey
Gone, the colour of rose
which opens in envelopes calling your name

Where are you now?
Where is the glow of warmth around your face?
where is the pool of water I waded in towards you?
where is the twigs of forest we could have gotten lost in?

So what: I love you So I love you, so...
My hands reach to touch your eyes, your hair
and comb through with my fingers
until the softness pulls on our bodies
and you remember exactly why we met