Sun and Moon
by Gina Zeitlin

It’s all about sex,
we both know that.
But what I wonder is
why
after every molecule of desire
in my body has been satisfied-
after
the sudden moistening, the deep
fierce aching and rising heat,
after
the throbbing glory of release and the cries
of need and pleasure have dissolved
into the air,
Something like my soul slips from me
and goes to you,
without choice or question,
and wraps itself around you
all night, like the breath
of the moon
And why
I carry the thought of you
as constant as any sun
in my heart.