Together

You wait and you search, and suddenly there they are.

She pointed to the moon
Its full, promising gaze

He said, You can't have that.

She watched the water
Its rushing, singing down a cliff

He said, You can't have that.

She blinked at the sunset
Its warm reach, touching a cloud

He said, You can't have that.

She saw the bright sun
Its trickle of light, spread through waving leaves

He said, You can't have that.

She sighed at the moon,
The waterfall, the sunset,
The light and the shadows

That's beautiful, he said.